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Subject: Re: 1998 WCCC and/or WMCCC sponsorship

Author: Don Dailey

Date: 12:34:29 07/12/98

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On July 12, 1998 at 15:21:08, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On July 12, 1998 at 15:09:09, Don Dailey wrote:
>
>>On July 12, 1998 at 12:56:09, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On July 12, 1998 at 11:03:54, Don Dailey wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 11, 1998 at 20:44:45, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On July 11, 1998 at 16:28:55, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>*sigh*  I work at Intel. I'm on a Xeon validation project. You're not going to
>>>>>>impress me with these statements.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-Tom
>>>>>
>>>>>Since you work there, is there any chance you could talk to someone at Intel
>>>>>about sponsoring the W(M?)CCC chess tournament this year?
>>>>>
>>>>>Dave Gomboc
>>>>
>>>>There is an excellent chance that there will be computer chess
>>>>championship this year in Boston MA.  MIT has offered space and
>>>>if it works out it will be late in the year, probably November.
>>>>It's not a sure thing yet but looks like a strong possibility.
>>>>
>>>>They still need a sponsor however.   ICCA is always looking for
>>>>sponsors and has suggested many times in the past that we (the
>>>>computer chess community) try to help with leads for them.  So if
>>>>anyone has any contacts, please let the ICCA know.
>>>>
>>>>- Don
>>>
>>>
>>>How about early December rather than November?  November is on the end
>>>of quarter/semester schedules, and for me, makes it impossible to attend,
>>>the reason I have been unable to attend the previous WMCCC events.  I can
>>>get away for a weekend + 2 days (ala ACM events) but a week is very
>>>difficult, when teaching...
>>
>>I hope you can come.  But it's ICCA's event and I don't know what
>>all their constraints are.  However we have discussed early
>>December also and that is still a possibility.   But if you cannot
>>come send your parallel program.   We can probably also let you use
>>a 4 processor Alpha if you don't find something better.
>>
>>- Don
>
>
>if you are talking about the WCCC, never fear...I'll do my best to have
>an entry ready and I'll be there, because these events are only 5 rounds
>with 2 on the weekend.
>
>If you are talking about the WMCCC event, more than one cpu is not legal
>so parallel search is out, but I'll certainly bug dec to get the latest and
>baddest alpha.. :)
>
>(or Intel, should they do something comparable, or HP or MIPS or you-name-
>it.  :)  )


Maybe I posted out of context, were we talking about WCCC or WMCCC?

But it may be a moot point.  David is considering the possibility of
combining the two, in which case you could have 2 entrants, but one
must be a "super-computer" like a parallel program and the other stricly
a micro.   My plan is to enter an old (but good) program as the micro
entry.

But the orignial plan is to have the WCCC at MIT.

- Don




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