Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 12:31:54 08/23/00
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On August 23, 2000 at 15:20:35, Pete Galati wrote: >On August 23, 2000 at 13:41:21, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On August 23, 2000 at 09:34:02, Peter Skinner wrote: >> >>>>Well it turns out to be an expensive little social gathering for most people no >>>>matter where it's held. The participation of the programs is more important to >>>>me of course but I'm just a "fan". >>>>Jim >>> >>>Yes I agree, the programs are the most important thing, as I don't think you can >>>have a World Computer Chess Championship without the computers and programs. >>>That would be pointless.Hhehe >>> >>>On the other hand I would love to get together 8-10 people, and try to make next >>>year's tournament State side, or even in Canada, where internet is the cheapest >>>in the world. We have many locations, and I would love to help set one up. If >>>$50,000 would get it up and running, I am sure I could find a sponsor to help >>>with this. >>> >>>In fact, the owners of West Edmonton Mall here is Edmonton Albert Canada, have a >>>son named Alanzo, who is a HUGE computer chess fan. We often get together and >>>match our computers together. Seeing how he has the better computer ( Quad >>>system ), I usually lose badly. I am sure we could have the tournament in the >>>Hotel ( Has HUGE function rooms, and is internet ready, as I asked last night ), >>>and have great coverage. There is also the Hotel MacDonald, one of the best >>>hotels in Canada, that is great and internet ready ( I know this as I worked >>>there as a purchaser ). Many options, and sponsorship would not be a terribly >>>big deal I wouldn't think. >> >> >> >>If you manage to organize this, you can count me and my program Chess Tiger in. >>Tell Alanzo I would be glad to play against his Quad! >> >> >> >> Christophe > >I'm sure that USA Chess programers would prefer to go to Canada than to have yet >another tournament in Europe. And to be honest, there is no large difference >between Canada and our northern states anyhow, and they sort of speak English up >there too. I wonder how many European Chess programmers would come to this side >of the big pond. > >It might be interesting sometime to have 2 tournament locations synchronized >together, one in Europe, and one on the American continent, and when you needed >to play somebody on the same side of the pond as you, you'd just do it face to >face the way it's always been done, and when you had to play a program from the >other side of the pond, you'd do it over a (dependable!) Chess server. > >Just a thought. I don't know if it's really possible or desirable. Sounds like a decent idea to me > >Pete
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