Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 18:56:54 08/07/00
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On August 07, 2000 at 20:29:47, Peter McKenzie wrote: >On August 07, 2000 at 20:12:30, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On August 07, 2000 at 17:40:26, pete wrote: >> >>>On August 07, 2000 at 17:35:31, Mike S. wrote: >>> >>>>At their german website, ChessBase have announced to join the PC-based Computer >>>>Chess WCh in London with the programs Nimzo 8, Fritz, Crafty and SOS: >>>> >>>>http://www.chessbase.de/Veranstaltungen/155/mikro_wm2000.htm >>>> >>>>CB says they will release the new Nimzo 8 in about 3 weeks, and expect it to be >>>>"slightly stronger" than Fritz 6. >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>>M.Scheidl >>> >>>Now this really is a sensation , isn't it ? >>> >>>It was announced there will be no new Nimzo this year :-) >>> >>>It was announced Bob Hyatt will not go to Europe :-) Did he change his plans or >>>did they change the rules about present authors again >>> >>>And since when is crafty a Chessbase program I ask myself .. :-) ?? >>> >>>pete >> >>Chessbase brings along Nimzo, Fritz, SOS, and Crafty! (I take it the "author >>must attend" rule changed?) I think that's great. Well done, CB! > >Is this one rule for Chessbase, another for the rest of us? >If so, it doesn't sound so great to me. > >I emailed David Levy some months ago about the "author must attend" rule, asking >if it could be dropped but he stated that it would be strictly enforced this >time. Well, I don't have the time and money to travel to the other side of the >globe for a computer chess tournament every year so I decided to flag it. Now I >hear crafty is playing, Bob almost certainly not going, and no announcement of a >rule change so what's going on here?? > They should drop this rule altogether since it is not consistently enforced. It seems to keep a few participants (like yourself) out of the event each year who would otherwise participate via proxy. --Peter
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