Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:10:48 11/15/01
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On November 15, 2001 at 05:59:26, Tony Werten wrote: >On November 14, 2001 at 11:15:30, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On November 14, 2001 at 10:47:04, Tony Werten wrote: >> >>>Hi all, >>> >>>From 5 to 11 July 2002, the 7th Computer Olympiad will be held in Maastricht. >>>Part of the olympiad will be the 10th WCCC. >>> >>>I'll give more information as soon as it's available. >>> >>>cheers, >>> >>>Tony >> >>1) You scheduled this so that travel for Americans will take place on a major >>holiday. I mean, why not hold this on December 26th? > >July 5th is the opening of the Olympiad. Don't know when chess will start. There >are over 200 countries in the world. Somebody will have an independence day >during the event as well. Last year, in august, you were the only american >operator.( How many were there in London ?) Now in July there is a problem which >would keep all americans away ? Air travel around major holidays is very expensive. Not to mention the fact that July 4 is a common "family gathering time" here. Its a problem, at least for some... > >> >>2) This event has been held in Europe many consecutive times, which is contrary >>to the ICCA charter. > >True. Problem is that there are no sponsors in the US. As you might have >noticed, there hasn't been a major event in the US for over 10 years. This is not quite true. I attended the last ACM computer chess tournament which was held in 1994. _all_ were held in the USA and were sponsored by the ACM and private sponsors (last one was partially sponsored by IBM, for example). > >Given the choice between a sponsored event in Europe, or an unsponsored event in >a country that hasn't been able to organize an event in over 10 years, I guess >the choice was easy. > >Face it, europe seems to be the only place where computerchess lives ( with the >exception of Australia maybe ) so it's the only place where you can find >sponsors. Has there been a national championship outside Europe and Australia >the last 10 years ? > >Irony is that the ICCA charter (alternate championships between europe and >america ) feels to me to, was meant to "protect" europe ie make sure that the >americans would not organise all the events. Now they do not return the favor. >Making sure you are being treated fair is easier than treating fair. > >Tony > >ps 2003 will be in europe as well. > >> >>The first point may be moot because of the second point. >> >>bruce
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