Author: Uri Blass
Date: 23:42:34 08/29/01
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On August 30, 2001 at 01:48:15, Ed Schröder wrote: >On August 29, 2001 at 07:56:57, Tony Werten wrote: > >>On August 29, 2001 at 04:08:25, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On August 29, 2001 at 03:34:42, Mogens Larsen wrote: >>> >>>>On August 29, 2001 at 03:21:52, Tony Werten wrote: >>>> >>>>>I thought that was the reason they introduced the semi-professional category, >>>>>for the non-amateurs. >>>>> >>>>>Tony >>>> >>>>The semi-professional category is a little unclear if you use the Maastricht >>>>definition IMO. It would be easier if contained all those that don't have their >>>>primary income from chess programming. >>> >>>I suspect that this definition means that Junior and Tiger are semi >>>professionals. >> >>That doesn't really matter. Point is that they are no amateurs. >> >>Tony > > >Correct conclusion. > >According to the rules Gandalf could have entered as amateur and Chess Tiger >as semi-professional. It was a matter of self respect that we did not. > >Ed I do not understand it. I think that if you can save money from entering as semi professional or amatuers then it is better to do it. I do not see what programmers earn from entering as a professional program. I also know that gandalf is a commercial program so how can it be an amateur program by the rules? Uri
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