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Subject: Re: World Computer Chess Championship in North America.. revised

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 16:36:23 07/16/02

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On July 16, 2002 at 19:35:46, Dann Corbit wrote:

>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.

That being the case, why not?  This is another reason NOT to call it a WCCC.

bruce




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