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Subject: Re: ICCA message from rec.games.chess.computer

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 20:06:04 11/16/01

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On November 16, 2001 at 18:27:28, Bruce Moreland wrote:

bruce, the announcement was that 2002 maastricht is a WCC.
Not a wmcc. or did i misread?

>On November 16, 2001 at 16:47:51, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>
>>> Many of the rules we use today
>>>have been in place for more than two decades and although some of them are
>>>still applicable we feel the need to re-examine every rule. This task has
>>>been prompted to some extent by the fact that almost every ICCA tournament
>>>is preceded by a debate over one or more of the rules.
>>
>>the problem is not some old fashioned rule, but the people behind the rules.
>>
>>the debates happen because the people behind the rules, behind the events,
>>cause the debates.
>>
>>they do what they want, far from any rule. and they change the rules as they
>>want.
>>
>>the target is to misuse icca events for their own purpose.
>
>We're going to have a discussion about time controls, number of rounds, clock
>adjustment, who can operate, what a microcomputer is, and so on.
>
>I have been to most of these events, and I'm just as able as you to figure out
>that weird things happen at the events.
>
>I think that you might also agree that a discussion amongst likely participants,
>people who have all been there and all seen what happens at the events, is
>likely to do a lot of good.
>
>This is an attempt to formalize some stuff, and regardless of what else goes on,
>that can't be bad.
>
>bruce



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