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Subject: Re: Crafty's reign of terror ends as, mighty Insomniac takes the thrown.

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 16:09:06 08/25/00

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On August 25, 2000 at 17:15:34, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:

>Hi Peter,
>
>>>Hence, no amateur and professional WMCC titles were
>>>presented during the 1999 championship in Paderborn.
>>>Otherwise, "DarkThought" would have earned the amateur
>>>microcomputer title there -- bad luck for us ... :-(
>>
>>I thought the award was given to Lambchop that year.  Maybe I'm thinking of
>>another tournament?
>
>"LambChop" / Peter McKenzie received the award for the
>best hobby participant in Paderborn. This award was
>sponsored by ChessBase and they explicitly ruled out
>university teams for it.
>
>As I said, bad luck for us ...
>
>=Ernst=

Seeing as the change in the rules was made for only one year, then reversed, you
should make an application to be awarded the title retroactively!

Dave

• Re: Crafty's reign of terror ends as, mighty Insomniac takes the thrown. Bruce Moreland 16:46:06 08/25/00
  • Re: Crafty's reign of terror ends as, mighty Insomniac takes the thrown. Uri Blass 21:22:46 08/25/00
  • Re: Crafty's reign of terror ends as, mighty Insomniac takes the thrown. Dave Gomboc 18:20:45 08/25/00

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