Author: Peter Berger
Date: 00:49:33 06/02/01
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On June 01, 2001 at 13:22:33, Steve Maughan wrote: >Since it's coming round to the next World Championships I think it would be a >good idea to discuss / clarify what is required to be in the different >categories. > >In the past there has been Professional and Amateur. In the days of hardware >chess computers it was quite clear who fell in each category but todays it's far >from clear. As an example SOS is the 2000 amateur champion yet was commercially >available at the time as part of the Young Talents CD. I don't really understand the sense of this semi-professional category anyway but SOS was definitely at least semi-professional in 2000 following the definitions on the Website . > >So what is required to be in each section? How about adding another section - >freeware chess program. This would allow for three titles and would also give >the freeware / winboarders something to aim for. The categories would then look >like this: > >1) Freeware - current EXE available for download. >2) Amateur - Engine cannot be available as a standalone package i.e. Young >Talents is OK >3) Professional - the rest. > >Any comments? > I like your idea very much . And the "Freeware" ( aka Amateur ) entries should pay a _much_ lower entry fee ; I'd put privateware in the same category . I'd prefer to keep the original names though . 1.) Amateur 2.) Semi-Professional 3.) Professional Talking about prices : Currently the entry fees are a rip-off for the amateurs IMHO . Let's calculate : a.) The amateur has to pay 100 $ entry fee b.) He has to take care of the hardware himself ! c.) It's one week of holidays which has to be taken . d.) He has to pay all expenses himself . That's easily a few hundred dollars altogether . Do the organizers really have costs of 100 $ for the entry that have to be covered ? I seriously doubt that . And it's not even the real thing it seems : another WMCCC - shouldn't there be a WCCC this year ? pete >Also I would like to propose that a new category / competition is created - the >Portable Chess Computer World Championships. This would be restricted to >PocketPCs, Palms etc. > >What do people think? > >Regards, > >Steve Maughan
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