Author: Tony Werten
Date: 01:14:38 11/17/01
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On November 15, 2001 at 17:52:27, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On November 15, 2001 at 14:28:53, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On November 15, 2001 at 13:52:07, Peter McKenzie wrote: >> >>>On November 15, 2001 at 13:21:45, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>> >>>>On November 15, 2001 at 13:13:08, Peter McKenzie wrote: >>>> >>>>>You seem to overlook the CCT tournaments of which there have been three so far >>>>>with a fourth not far away. These are, in some respect at least, American >>>>>tournaments as they run on an American server, with a large number of American >>>>>programs (11 out of 32 in the last tournament). >>>> >>>>Lets please not compare real-life tournaments to semi-serious internet >>>>events. >>> >>>What makes an internet tournament any less real or serious that any other >>>tournament? I have participated in both types of tournaments, and they seem >>>equally real to me. I can assure you that they were taken pretty seriously by >>>most participants. >> >>I do not consider an internet tournament as serious as a real >>tournament. >> >>Also, I was referring to organizing one. > >The contention was made that computer chess is dead in America. I'll give it a last try, but I guess it'll be in vain. I didn't say computerchess was dead in America. I said: >>Face it, europe seems to be the only place where computerchess lives ( with the >>exception of Australia maybe ) Quite a difference and you know it. You conveniently removed all subtility from my words and then put them in my mouth. Tony >Peter states >that we had 1/3 American entries in the last online tournament. > >That does not indicate that computer chess is dead in America. > >The distances are large here. If we were all located within an hour or two of >each other, by car, we would probably have more events. As it stands, an >American championship or some such would necessarily involve plane tickets. > >I could drive for three days solid and not make it to Bob's house, for instance. > >bruce > >> >>-- >>GCP
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