Author: Don Dailey
Date: 11:40:10 06/06/98
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On June 06, 1998 at 13:36:54, Thorsten Czub wrote: >On June 06, 1998 at 09:53:38, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >>Question for programmers: what do you value more, to be the official >>world champion for a year, or to be on top of the SSDF list also for a >>year? If you had to pick between one or the other? > >You cannot replace this EVENT without giving an alternative. >An icca championship is a meeting for people, to see friends, to join >friendship, to compete as humans against other humans, in preparation. >Like sport. You cannot compare this to the ssdf-effort. >This is no EVENT. I would not like to see the ICCA championships >declined, and not replaced with another tournament. >Aegon is over. So this IS a tournament and a competition we miss yet. > > > > >>Enrique Hey, I cannot believe we finally agree on something, but agree I do and wholeheartedly. The world championship needs to be an event. In the human chess world, each grandmaster has a rating, but the title is a different matter and we respect the title more than the rating. Us humans seem to have a strong need for tradition and ceremony. An event to mark the world championship gives it more meaning to us. Also all the computer chess events I've attended are some of the high points of my life, I never fail to enjoy them tremendously. They are an excuse to travel, often to a wonderful foreign country and mix with all the other programmers. I think most of the other authors feel the same although there may be a couple who's enthusism has waned over the years. But Bob, who may be the "old man" among us on this group seems to be just as enthusiastic as ever. - Don
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