Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:26:20 07/16/02
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On July 16, 2002 at 19:13:54, Bruce Moreland wrote: [snip] >The big sticking point for the Europeans is going to be plane fare, which is >fine. The ICCA doesn't pay for plane tickets, and you don't need to either. If >you do, you'll get more people to go, but the amount of cash involve increases >enormously. I'd expect you'd have some troubles deciding how to allocate this >anyway. Do you give a free ticket to Chessbase, or do you give a free ticket to >an amateur from West Virginia? I think the professional programs (if they enter) would pay their own way. After all, if you get a giant pile of amateur programs, that is nothing but a bunch of pop-up targets for the big boys [for the most part]. A huge list of wins would be a big promotional advantage for them, I think. They would get lots of exposure if the thing actually did take off with a huge number of entrants. I'll bet you could get TV coverage in Canada. This could be the biggest promotional bonanza ever. Who knows, if it got enough attention, you might even scare up some big iron from the New York region. ;-) OK, I'm dreaming. Anyway, I think it would be really cool if it could be a stupendous event. It would be nice if the new kids on the block could show up (even if only for a good beating). After all, if you don't expect to win it will still be a fun event just to meet everybody.
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