Author: Odd Gunnar Malin
Date: 21:02:59 07/08/02
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On July 08, 2002 at 23:04:50, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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) Sweeden >Toronto (1977) >(somewhere in Europe) 1980. Linz >New York (1983) >Cologne Germany (1986) >Alberta Canada (1989) >1992 back to Europe and it has been there ever >since. Madrid 1992 Hong Kong 1995 Paderborn 1999 From the list in ICGA 25.1 Odd G. > >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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