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Subject: Re: CB sponsors entry of _four_ programs to WMCCC 2000!?

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 19:12:09 08/08/00

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On August 08, 2000 at 01:00:51, blass uri wrote:

>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??
>
>There was announcment of changing the rule.
>I read it some days or some weeks ago in this forum.
>
>People who do not travel have to pay more money for participation (twice more
>than people who travel).
>
>Uri

That sounds like a reasonable compromise.

Dave



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