Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 02:34:23 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 haven't seen such a statement. I think the discussion is about the impotence to find an US sponser. My best shot on this: Chess is solved, DB-GK NY 1997. That's the general impression people have. That is the way the event and its result was brought under the attention of the masses by the media. I still remember the grimaces on Kasparov's face after game-6. The whole world saw it too, the face of somebody in great pain because he lost. The battle between man and computer was over, the computer has won. Why should any sponsor put money in old news. Ed >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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