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Subject: Re: Amateur and Professional

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 19:13:15 08/31/01

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On August 31, 2001 at 21:51:23, Dave Gomboc wrote:
[snip]
>>Then again, you would need *some* kind of sponsoring organization.
>>Of course, I have not come up with any good alternative to the ICCA.  So we
>>should wait until someone comes up with a realistic idea before we tear the
>>walls down.
>
>The alternative is to have a commercial organisation set up a match between some
>of its products and declare the winner the best.  That's not exactly what
>happened recently, but it wasn't too far away either.  Somehow, I don't view
>that as an improvement.

That's *an* alternative, but not necessarily the only one.
On the other hand, FIDE seems to have made an even bigger mess of things than
the ICCA has, so maybe we should just be glad for what we have.

IOW: Be careful what you wish for -- it might come true.



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