Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 21:19:37 06/09/04
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On June 09, 2004 at 14:45:52, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 09, 2004 at 03:54:25, Mark Winands wrote: > >>RULES FOR THE 12TH WORLD COMPUTER-CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP >> >>Ramat Gan, Israel >> >>4-12 July, 2004 >> >>The Board of ICGA >> >> >>From July 4-12, 2004 the 12th World Computer-Chess Championship will take place. >>It is the second time that it is organized by the ICGA. Below we recall a few >>decisions from the Maastricht Triennial Meeting in 2002. There the ICGA was >>established and it was decided that a WCCC should be held annually. The >>observation was clear: all kinds of differences between microcomputers, personal >>computers, “normal” computers, and supercomputers were in some sense obsolete >>and the classification thus was considered artificial. So was the division into >>the classes of single processors and multiprocessors. Even the distinction >>between amateur and professional was at stake. Is not the real amateur a >>professional? Or the other way round? For organizational matters we have kept >>this difference, since for amateurs traveling and housing is already expensive. >>Being treated as a professional may be agreeable, but if you have to pay for it >>then it might be less agreeable. As in previous years we have maintained three >>groups here, viz. the amateurs, the semi-professionals, and the professionals. >>Below we provide the rules for the 12th World Computer-Chess Championship, at >>which a permanent ICGA trophy is at stake (i.e., the winner may keep this >>trophy). Moreover, it was agreed at the Maastricht meeting that the Shannon >>Trophy would be retained by Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky for a period of three >>years. From the 13th World Computer-Chess Championship the Shannon Trophy will >>be awarded annually. Finally, we have split the rules into a section of general >>rules and a section of tournament rules. >> >> >> > > >While you guys are meeting, discussing, etc., how about finalizing the actual >times for each round? Some of us have to make machine arrangements, and at >least for me, I won't have the machine for 9 consecutive days. > >I need to know precise round start times. Soon. I understand your point and would normally spoken even support it. However we play in Israel and travel each day by subway from hotel to playing hall. How safe would you feel in a bus in Israel if every Arab knows at the minute accurately how he can hit Israel and the West in a very painful way? >Surely that can be decided since we are less than 30 days from starting? If I >can't get this info to AMD soon, you'll end up with 12 players as I can't make >plans when things are "open-ended". I am in travelling there each day, you give me the reason why you should withdraw now. >Please move this to the front burner. I've never seen this decision delayed >this badly, in past events. > >How can one plan for playing when we don't even know when the games start?
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