Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:03:19 11/05/03
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On November 05, 2003 at 14:53:07, Peter Kappler wrote: >On November 05, 2003 at 14:01:52, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>On November 05, 2003 at 12:25:17, Peter Kappler wrote: >> >>>It's a statement of fact, nothing more. Anyone who has seen recent SSDF or >>>Winboard rating lists will agree. >> >>That is exactly the reason he is doing this. All of the big events used to be in >>North America, and many of the top programs/machines were from here. Now all of >>the big events are in Europe, and almost all of the top programs are from there. >>He is trying to change that. > > >Excluding non-Americans from our computer chess events isn't going to make these >events bigger and more successful. In fact, it will have the opposite effect. > >I also don't see how excluding the strongest competitors is going to raise the >level of play of the American engines. > >Don't get me wrong - I'm all for holding computer chess events in the US. I >just think it's a horrible idea to lock people out of the events. You mean like holding all the competitions 3000 miles away? ;-)
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