Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:13:44 11/18/03
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On November 18, 2003 at 16:20:58, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On November 18, 2003 at 16:11:38, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>Of course not. But traveling to europe EVERY YEAR FOR A DECADE is somewhat not >>feasable/justifiable from a financial and/or marketing POV. >> >>Now, if the event were in North America every other year, the picture is very >>different from a News-coverage/marketing standpoint. It is much easier to get >>sponsors for high performance, high-tech engineering involvement. And it is >>much easier to engage global media interests in the USA. > >Besides, if this is true, why is there no serious event in the US? > >I've said it before and I'll say it again: if the event would be in the >US instead of Austria, I'd still go in a hartbeat. And so would Brutus, >Fritz, Shredder, Diep, Junior and if I'd have to guesw, probably ParSOS >and Falcon too. > >We want to _play_. We don't care _where_ it is! > >Is that so hard to understand? > >-- >GCP You are making this into a personal war. It is not. It is just a simple contractural problem that the ICCA / ICGA has blatantly chosen to disregard. I was a charter member of the ICCA, formed in 1977 in Toronto. The charter _specifically_ mentioned the WCCC event to be held every three years, alternating between Europe and North America. The ICCA broke that contractural agreement years ago and have been doing so ever since. If they would drop the "you pay our way over there" fee stuff, sponsors are available. IBM has been great for computer chess. Intel also. Probably AMD could become interested. Remember who sponsored the fritz vs kasparov match and where it was held. So interest _is_ here. But the ICGA actively organizes things in Europe, but says "someone else has to do it if it is going to be done in the US." I've reached the point where I don't care. I won't be renewing my membership, and I'll continue to play in ICC events as they come up, or any other event that looks reasonable. But I'm not taking two weeks off from classes to go to Europe, to play in a chess event. The internet is _too_ handy...
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