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Subject: Re: WCCC 2003 Starting List

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 12:49:28 11/18/03

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On November 18, 2003 at 15:39:44, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On November 18, 2003 at 15:36:21, Matthew Hull wrote:
>
>>How about holding the WCCC in the US for the next ten years.  I'm sure you'd be
>>OK with that, right?
>
>Have it all around the world if you want to.


We want to.  Europeans don't want to.  So they make sure it stays in Europe.


>Travel costs are the least
>of my worries when taking part in this event! Maastricht and Graz are
>organisationally as far from me as the US or Jakarta would be.
>
>Besides, since when is Israel part of Europe?
>
>Face it, there's no serious interest in computer chess alive in the US.


Why do you say that?  Because we don't do lots of low-tech "physical events"?



>Maybe doing something about it instead of taking silly jabs at the people
>that _are_ busy with computerchess would improve things.


It seems we (Americans) have little say in the matter.  Europeans have all the
say and they make sure it stays in Europe.  Hmmm, I wonder why that is?  Maybe
they don't like getting the stuffing beat out of them by our supercomputers.

;)

Regards,
MH



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>GCP



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