Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 02:42:34 04/27/00
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On April 27, 2000 at 04:52:24, Ed Schröder wrote: >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? I guess traditionally the tournament has been a meeting place for the programmers, and the organisers are trying to somehow enforce this by having the rule that the author must attend. I personally think this is a dubious reason for the rule. I'd rather have a program competing and operated by someone nominated by the author than the alternative of the program not competing at all. > >Ed
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