Author: Lanny DiBartolomeo
Date: 13:38:19 05/16/00
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On May 16, 2000 at 12:59:04, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >Dear Computer Chess Club, > > >This exclusion does nothing to promote chess. Limiting the participants is akin >to telling minorities to get to the back of the bus. It reminds me of the >stance that the government of France has taken regarding the introduction of >English or German or any "foreign" language into the perfect language-French. >French of course is just corrupted Latin. > >FIDE is just one group that guards the perfect game-Chess. I suppose that the >only thing to do is boycott FIDE events as Kasparov has. Typical bureaucratic >bullcrap. > >Please don't take offense at this post. I like French and German and English. >I don't like exclusionary policies. Computer programs are nothing more than >transmogrified human intelligence. Limiting their participation is the same as >the puerile antics of the country club snobs. > >Tim Frohlick - The Egalitarian STAGNATE FOR SURE!, I want to atleast see a chess program earn an authentic GM rating before they do this separation garbage. > > > > > > > > > >On May 16, 2000 at 10:40:22, Frederic Friedel wrote: > > > > >>I have heard that this weekend FIDE banned computers from any rated tournaments, >>plus announced sanctions against organisers who ignore this ruling. Does anyone >>have more information or a URL on this matter? >> >>I know there was a FIDE Presidential Board meeting at Simpsons-in-the-Strand in >>London, where Kirsan Ilyumzhinov confirmed that the 2000 FIDE World Championship >>would start on Saturday November 25 in New Deli, India, with the finals moving >>to Tehran (really!).
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