Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 09:04:30 11/19/03
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On November 19, 2003 at 05:02:11, Amir Ban wrote: >On November 18, 2003 at 21:55:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 18, 2003 at 20:11:23, Amir Ban wrote: >> >>>On November 18, 2003 at 15:36:21, Matthew Hull wrote: >>> >>>>On November 18, 2003 at 15:30:26, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>>> >>>>>On November 18, 2003 at 13:47:44, Russell Reagan wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Looks like a strong field for the European Championship this time around. >>>>> >>>>>I'd love to take part in the (Open) US Championship. If there was any. So stfu. >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>GCP >>>> >>>> >>>>How about holding the WCCC in the US for the next ten years. I'm sure you'd be >>>>OK with that, right? >>>> >>> >>>The reason the WCCC is not held in the US is that there are no US event sponsors >>>to be found. It's not because Europeans decided it won't be there. >>> >>>Find a US sponsor, and the event comes home to you. Personally, I agree that it >>>will be in the US in any of the next 10 years when a sponsor is available. >>> >>>I know that the ICCA negotiated to hold the event outside Europe in 2004, in >>>Israel. The money and venue where there, but negotiations folded, as I heard it, >>>due to an unreasonable demand by the ICCA. >>> >>>Amir >> >>Who exactly sponsored the recent Kasparov vs Fritz match? Where was that >>held? >> > >Well, see if X3D is willing to sponsor a WCCC. They already met Levy twice, and >nothing came out of it. > > >>Sponsors are available. They always have been. IBM supported computer chess >>for years and years. As did Intel. Etc. > >IBM didn't sponsor anything IIRC, and they are now out of chess altogether. Out of tennis, not chess. >Intel did a lot of sponsorship in the 90's but I have it firsthand that they are >definitely not doing it any more. Intel will be one of the sponsors of a forthcoming CC event. > >Amir > > >> >> >>> >>> >>>>Does it not help to look at both sides of the issue? >>>> >>>>MH
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