Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:31:23 07/09/02
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On July 09, 2002 at 00:02:59, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >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 > Right. Stockholm in fact. >>Toronto (1977) >>(somewhere in Europe) 1980. >Linz Right again. I didn't attend in 1980. > >>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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