Author: John Merlino
Date: 12:23:09 07/08/02
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On July 08, 2002 at 15:17:30, Russell Reagan wrote: >On July 08, 2002 at 14:50:44, William H Rogers wrote: > >>When are these world championships going to be held in the good old USA? >>Why are they held in the same place year after year? >>The Olympics move all over the world, why doesn't chess? >>Just food for thought. >>Bill > >My guess is that the best engines are from other countries, mostly in Europe, so >it would make more sense to hold the event where the highest number of top >engines can participate. > >Which engine's would be the best of the U.S.? Crafty? Ferret? I'm sure there are >plenty of strong engines that I don't know about, but seriously, do you think >any U.S. engine has an answer for Fritz, Shredder, Tiger (if it played), Junior, >Rebel, and...oh, I forgot about Chessmaster, but I don't know if that even >qualifies as a "U.S. engine". I would assume the actual engine belongs to Johan, >and while he might live in the U.S., I'm betting he doesn't. If he did, that (I >guess) would be the U.S.'s best shot. > >I also have this feeling that the rest of the world thinks that us Americans are >just a bunch of lazy whiners and we just don't want to have to pay our money and >travel like the rest of the participants. I think it would be a great experience >visiting Europe, but I don't think there's any way I could afford it or get a >week or more free to do such a thing. I suppose if I really wanted to >participate and I had a decent engine then someone would be willing to operate >it for me. > >Russell Johan lives in the Netherlands. However, if my company would pay for it, I would definitely go! ;-) jm
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