Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:35:46 07/16/02
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On July 16, 2002 at 19:30:17, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On July 16, 2002 at 19:28:08, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On July 16, 2002 at 19:22:18, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>[snip] >>>A very strong message is sent by simply having a successful event. The ICCA is >>>of the opinion that computer chess is dead outside of Europe. >> >>Why not get the ICCA involved? Why can't they officially sanction it? > >They won't allow it to be a WCCC, because they already have that set up for next >year, presumably because Donninger asked for the 2003 event last year, and the >ICCA said yes, without exploring the possibility of doing an event in North >America, because computer chess outside of Europe is dead. It does not have to be a WCCC. In FIDE or USCF not every event is a championship, and yet we have huge events. Consider Hoogovens, Wijk An Zee, Linares, etc. Big, earth-shaking events but not necessarily having any connection to a world championship.
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