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Subject: Re: WMCCC next year

Author: Reinhold Gellner

Date: 08:15:15 11/05/97

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On November 05, 1997 at 05:35:42, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>How much money would you pay a student for melting 15 pgn games into
>one chess-base-file ?
>50 DM a day ??
>
>100 DM a day ??
>
>
>I think the work is not complicate.
>
>The first days there were no drinks in the tournament hall. You had to
>sit there 8 hours and there was only ONE coffee-machine that crashed
>after the heavy usage. The air in the hall was very hot and dry.
>You were unable to open the windows !
>Later they bought coke and different juices and water.
>
>I wonder why there was no internet machine. Why wasn't it possible to
>get a machine from e.g. Titus who had their office in Paris (!!) to get
>a steady internet access ???
>
>Why wan't it possible to use the TITUS internet access AFTER each round
>to broadcast games and maybe some reports ???
>
>Strange !
>
>It looked like Titus and ICCA had a fight about any thing to do.
>Who has to buy the coke, who pays for the paper of the printer...
>
>For visitors it must have been very difficult to come into the bourse.
>How is the paderborn tournament doing this year ?
>Can we organise a tournament there ?
>Reinhold ? Mr.Feldmann ? Mr.Gillgasch ? Mr.Gille ? How about Paderborn
>next year ?

In spite of all difficulties presented here it was a great tournament
and everyone seemed to enjoy it, even the 17 crashes from the chairs. I
am sure that all participants would come again, if next years'
tournament would be in Paris again!

Reinhold



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