Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:04:50 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 You miss the point. The ICCA charter says that the WCCC event _must_ alternate between Europe and North America. It isn't a "suggestion". It is a _requirement_. I see no reason why North American participants have to travel every three years. Watch this pattern: Austria (1974) Toronto (1977) (somewhere in Europe) 1980. New York (1983) Cologne Germany (1986) Alberta Canada (1989) 1992 back to Europe and it has been there ever since. It seems reasonable to expect Europeans to travel here once every six years, and for us to travel there once every six years. Anything else is both garbage _and_ contrary to the very charter of the organization I was a charter member of...
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