Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 21:06:13 11/04/03
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On November 05, 2003 at 00:03:06, Peter Kappler wrote: >On November 04, 2003 at 19:24:25, Steven Edwards wrote: > >>On November 04, 2003 at 18:47:02, Peter Kappler wrote: >> >>>Are you aware of the CCT tournaments that have been played on ICC? We've had 5 >>>of these since 2000, with increasingly good turnouts each year. The last event >>>had 45 entries. >> >>Yes. But not everyone has an ICC membership. They are not free. I want this >>to be a free event without any commercial interests upon the part of the >>organizer. The entrants will be playing solely for their own benefit, not for >>spectators who've paid an organizer who in turn does not pay the entrants. >> >>>1) Why limit participation to 24 programs? I think it's much better to take as >>>many entries as possible, even if it means playing a Swiss instead of a >>>round-robin. >> >>A round robin event produces a much clearer picture of the relative playing >>strengths of the entrants. The limit of 24 entrants should be sufficient to >>cover all the active authors with a few slots in reserve. > >Really? How did you determine this? Be careful when making assumptions. From http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/ 1. USA Free: 36. Alex, Amateur, Arasan, Bace, Beaches, Betsy, BigBook, Chad's Chess, ChessRikus, Crafty, DChess, DeepTrouble, Dorky, DrunkenMaster, EXchess, Fimbulwinter, Gerbil, GnuChess 4.0.x, GnuChess 5.x, Horizon, iChess, Jester, Kace, NoonianChess, Plywood, Pooky, Pulsar, ROBOKewlper, Simontacchi, SlowChess, SSEChess, Storm, Tristram, TSCP, Usurper and Zotron. I know of some others besides these.
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