Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 13:11:06 01/11/04
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On January 10, 2004 at 16:24:59, Jim Bodkins wrote: >The US doesnt play chess really. USCF has 90,000 members out of 1/3 billion >people and just went bankrupt (over about $300,000 - chump change to a pro >basketball player) and had to sell its store to an english firm. Most of the top >US players (USCF) are immigrants not native. > >I'm a native American, so dont get mad. We play baseball not chess. Chess isnt >culturally a part of the US at all. People (Garry) come here mainly because of >money not chess. Chess software doesnt interest most programmers in my >experience. OS's, databases etc do. > >The US will get hammered, but the guys will probably have fun anyway. > >... oh, and we do Mars missions. :) I believe people on this message board have forgotten their history. :) Shannon was American, the revolutionary programs MacHack and CHESS were American, the world champions Belle, Deep Thought, and Cray Blitz were American. I'd say computer chess is a fairly significant part of American culture. Interestingly, Americans ruled at computer chess when the tournaments were regularly held in America. There hasn't been a tournament here since 1991 and Europeans are winning. Coincidence? My guess is that if a few tournaments were held in America, you'd be surprised by the latent interest and skill on this continent. -Tom
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