Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 09:09:31 05/08/00
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On May 08, 2000 at 11:51:23, Frederic Friedel wrote: >Correct me if I'm wrong: > >1. The Dutch Championship 2000 has by far the highest prize money of any >national championship in the world. > >2. The Dutch Championship 2000 is the only national championship with more than >30 visitors (when I went to the US championships in Colorado some years ago >there were two visiors who were not directly attached to the players -- I was >one of them). > >3. The Dutch Championship 2000 is the only national championship in the world >that makes the front pages of the newspapers (I noticed it was on page one of >the London Daily Telegraph this morning). All this is true, and nevertheless Fritz is being boycotted. Why. Don't misunderstand me: I am not taking sides for the players that refuse to play Fritz, I find this boycott frustrating and I don't sympathize with a general attitude that consists in refusing programs in human events. But what is happening arises obvious questions about whether computer participation in tournaments can be imposed upon chess players against their will. This is, I think, a political issue more than anything else. Enrique
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