Author: Tony Werten
Date: 01:00:56 11/16/01
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On November 15, 2001 at 20:33:28, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>On November 15, 2001 at 05:59:26, Tony Werten wrote:
>
>>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 ?
>
>So you make it extremely inconvenient for us to attend and then you point out
^^^
they
>that our poor attendance is the reason for more inconvenience?
^^
could be
>Am I the only
>person who finds this comment incredibly short-sighted?
Maybe. But could you explain how London or Maastricht was "extremely
inconvenient"
>
>>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.
>
>And you admit in a later post that an attempt to find a US sponsor was "not
>entirely" made. Maybe if somebody had entirely attempted to find a sponsor over
>the past 10 years, a major event would have been held in the US in the past 10
>years.
No I didn't. I said the absence of tournements and the difficulties in finding
sponsors are not entirly unrelated.
>
>>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.
>
>Great, so the "fair" solution to make sure that the US doesn't hold all the
>events is to not hold any of the events in the US?
Didn't say that either.
Tony
>
>-Tom
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