Author: Tony Werten
Date: 00:50:24 11/16/01
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On November 15, 2001 at 23:10:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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... I hope the chessevent will start on Saturday, making this problem a little bit smaller. Tony > > >> >>> >>>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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