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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