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Subject: Re: Is Computer Chess Reports dead?

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 09:25:07 08/14/99

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On August 14, 1999 at 01:25:50, KarinsDad wrote:

>On August 13, 1999 at 21:28:53, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>On August 13, 1999 at 17:02:20, Richard Sutherland wrote:
>>
>>>I notice that nothing has been posted to the Computer Chess Reports section in
>>>months. Is this resource now dead? or just resting?.
>>
>>Hi:
>>As ex coordinator and ex promotor and ex writer there, i would say that WCCR is
>>in an state of vegetative life waiting the kiss of the fairy. The problem is:
>>nobody wanted, want and perhaps will want to perform that rol. Everybody
>>expected -well, maybe they did not expect a shit after all- to see there new
>>articles from time to time, but nobody was prepared to expend some time writing
>>one. I did a lot of interviews, etc, but that is not enough. The same with KK,
>>but he retired to real life. Efforts to enage oher people were in vain. Actually
>>WCCR is a monument to lack of interest of everybody here. Maybe they are right,
>>maybe not. It is for you to decide.
>>Fernando
>
>I don't agree. I think people have a lot of interest here.
>
>I think people have to decide where to put their efforts.
>
>Some people put them into their programs.
>
>Some people put them into tournaments.
>
>Very few people have the time to write an article.
>
>I wrote a white paper on compressing a random legal position into 20 bytes.
>Unfortunately, I have not been successful on that. Until I am, that white paper
>stays put (actually, I have basically convinced myself that it cannot be done,
>so I doubt I will ever publish that paper).
>
>But, there is interest. It's just not in writing articles, but rather in posting
>and reading messages (and the associated work on programs, tournaments,
>configuration changes, etc.).
>
>KarinsDad :)

It seems my english is getting worst. I thought I had made clear that the lack
of interest was related to WCCR survival, NOT to CCC life.
fernando



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