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Subject: Re: There Will be No WMCC 2000

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 01:52:24 04/27/00

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On April 27, 2000 at 04:18:17, Peter McKenzie wrote:

>On April 27, 2000 at 03:57:00, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:
>
>>On April 27, 2000 at 02:24:25, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>
>>>On April 25, 2000 at 16:05:30, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 22, 2000 at 03:31:54, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On April 21, 2000 at 05:25:40, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On April 21, 2000 at 05:24:13, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On April 21, 2000 at 01:53:37, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On April 20, 2000 at 11:30:44, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On April 20, 2000 at 11:24:07, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Hi Stefan,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Will you compete with DT anyway?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Probably not -- we have not yet found time to tune "DarkThought"
>>>>>>>>>>for the x86 platform and I strongly doubt that we can come up
>>>>>>>>>>with a competitive PC version until August.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>=Ernst=
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>That's bad news.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Stefan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I won't be there either.  It is expensive to travel to Europe every year.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>bruce
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Are you kidding?
>>>>>>>London is a nice play to go!
>>>>>>>Stefan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Of course it is a nice PLACE to go :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Stefan
>>>>>
>>>>>I am not going this year.  My most significant regret is not getting to visit
>>>>>with people, including you.
>>>>>
>>>>>But I'm tired of travelling huge distances and getting no travel support.  The
>>>>>ICCA seems to have little interest in promoting computer chess outside of
>>>>>Europe, and I'm tired of being the only American competitor who attends each
>>>>>event in person.
>>>>>
>>>>>bruce
>>>>
>>>>Is the no travel support issue already clear?
>>>>
>>>>Stefan
>>>
>>>I'm sorry, I don't understand your question.
>>>
>>>bruce
>>
>>Did you already ask for travel support for this event?
>>I am afraid you won't get any, but there might be a chance.
>>
>>Stefan
>
>Hi guys!
>A few weeks ago I emailed David Levy with a bunch of questions.  I asked him if
>there would be any travel support and he said no.  Apparently the entry form is
>due out in early May so we should have the full details then.
>
>I also asked about the rule requiring the program's author to be present and was
>told that this rule will be strictly enforced this time.  All in all I'm not
>optimistic that I'll have a program competing, but you never know...
>
>cheers,
>Peter

What a pity. That means Rebel and Tiger can't compete. What is wrong with
a representative?

Ed



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