Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:38:38 07/16/02
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On July 16, 2002 at 19:36:23, Bruce Moreland wrote: >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. I don't see an ICGA sactioning and a WCCC as being the same thing. The ICGA could give official sanction to an event which is not a WCCC. That was the point I was trying to make. I think it will be more interesting to the best professional programs if it is an "official" event, rather than: "The world championship of somebody's basement in Edmonton."
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