Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:30:49 07/30/01
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IMO -- The ICCA is a weak organization with no teeth. It provides a good forum for chess programmers to share information. As far as organizing tournaments and things of that nature -- they have no idea what they are doing, and they have no muscle to make things happen the right way. Unfortunately, I don't think it will be easy to replace the ICCA with something better. Most of the computer chess power sits in the hands of the commercial chess entries. These entities do have the clout to get unfair advantages, and the bigger they are, the larger the advantage. (Just an observation). So how will you change anything? If you make an organization that pulls the fangs out of the big companies, they could simply boycott. If the big bruisers don't show up, the new organization won't have the respect of the general public. "Why isn't Mega Corporation here? Why isn't Behemoth Inc. here?" Shredder (the latest ICCA world champion) has received none of the respect that should be due to a champion. How to fix things? Beats me. I can't think of anything that would work.
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