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Subject: Re: About CC-events in the US

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 01:39:22 11/21/03

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On November 20, 2003 at 23:23:16, Robert Hyatt wrote:

[snips]

>How about doing a couple of things:
>
>(1) tell the entire story.

The whole story is on: http://www.rebel.nl/match.htm


>(a) one game doesn't mean _anything_.  (b) Ed
>played multiple games with crafty and rebel having a _very_ long time for
>each move.

>Crafty won.

Crafy lost, see the above link.


>Does that prove anything?  Nope, other than the
>one handicap game was meaningless.

>(2) I'll be _happy_ to take you on at 100:1 time odds, anything you think
>you are ready.  I'll even put up a wager to make it interesting.  I am
>talking about a match of at least 10 games.  Interested?  You'd be
>stupid if you were.  Because I wouldn't play _any_ program at that time
>handicap, including the original Sargon...

I would take the bet against the Crafty of that time, which was the point.



>>>But that's not good for business, ist it?  It looks to me that the status quo
>>>favors your interests.
>>>
>>
>>So it's the money motive working here ? This would be an object lesson on how to
>>bring industry giants and ivy-league colleges to their knees: make them travel,
>>or make them get a $50,000 sponsor.
>>
>>Amir


>It is _several_ things.  The biggest is that we have an organization
>that was formed with the sole purpose of fostering interest in computer
>chess "around the world".  It is no longer living up to that charter.
>It is now fostering computer chess interest in Europe, mainly.  Which
>is fine.  I've already re-named it to the ECCI or ECGA, which is much
>more descriptive...
>
>It is easily possible to get a company to provide hardware, and some
>publicity money, and even some prize money.  But not a big chunk of
>change that goes into a black hole called the JICGA, which won't
>benefit the donor whatsoever...
>
>If you tax someone too much, they move away.

You don't know about the failed negotiations tries of the ICGA in the US, nobody
knows.

My best,

Ed



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