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Subject: Re: Maastricht

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 01:58:54 08/04/01

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On August 04, 2001 at 03:26:07, Johan Havegheer wrote:

>On August 03, 2001 at 17:38:22, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On August 03, 2001 at 13:25:10, Frank Schneider wrote:
>>
>>>On August 03, 2001 at 13:17:10, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 03, 2001 at 12:54:06, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On August 03, 2001 at 11:24:56, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>The original situation was terrible.  I can find fault with the original
>>>>>>compromise decision, but it was made under pressure and didn't cause a lot of
>>>>>>damage, so I think it's okay.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Some of the other stuff would have been bad.  Multiple entrants per team would
>>>>>>have been bad.  Imagine the kind of stuff that would been said in here if round
>>>>>>one is Fritz versus Fritz, Junior versus Junior, and Shredder versus Shredder,
>>>>>>and in order to win you have to play Junior twice and Shredder twice and Fritz
>>>>>>twice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>bruce
>>>>>
>>>>>Multiple entrants per team make sense only if there are 2 tournaments when
>>>>>microcomputer should be allowed to play in both competition only if the team of
>>>>>the micro does not have a multi version.
>>>>>
>>>>>In this case Fritz versus Fritz cannot happen because the 2 Fritz's are going to
>>>>>play in different torunaments.
>>>>>
>>>>>Uri
>>>>
>>>>If I understand properly, there aren't two tournaments.  There is one tournament
>>>>with two titles, so there is one Fritz.
>>>
>>>What about amateur-titles? Will there also be two of them?
>>>
>>>Frank
>>>
>>>>
>>>>The only question now is whether anyone will show up with a multi-processor
>>>>machine, since the single-processor title is more desirable.
>>>>
>>>>bruce
>>
>>I assume not.
>>
>>Would make sense. Ed didn't complain about amateur title and amateurs
>>who do not pay $1000 entry fee for 2 programs (tiger + rebel) have less
>>to say, as historically has been proven.
>>
>>Anyway it's good that David made this deal. Keeping the participants
>>inside the tournament, especially if it's Rebel + Tiger, that's always
>>better as getting them outside.
>>
>>Nevertheless i doubt the argumentation from Ed that he was making his
>>DOS program parallel.
>>
>>Now what we miss in this tournament is publicity. Only 15 participants
>>or something like that. I of course added junior to that already,
>>as those are always late to sign in and there wasn't a clear statement
>>yet they are not going to join AFAIK.
>>
>>No dude in Netherlands knows there is a world champs computerchess
>>in august in Maastricht. It wasn't even announced in the 2 monthly
>>chess magazine. Would be amazed if there is a report in it about it
>>anyway.
>
>The other problem is that the CSVN (Dutch computer chess association) hasn't
>released their june number yet. They have problems finding a new chief editor
>for their magazine 'COMPUTERSCHAAK'. I don't see many dutch programs on the
>list.

I do. I count at least 6. (I'll leave the wich one question for homework)

>No King, Arthur , Kallisto ????

None of them were present last year either.

Tony

>
>Johan



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