Author: Amir Ban
Date: 13:19:58 12/02/03
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On December 02, 2003 at 10:18:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On December 02, 2003 at 03:34:31, Roberto Nerici wrote: > >>>>>July 4. >>>>>What a bunch of morons. >>>> >>>>Would have you gone anyway? >>>> >>>>Roberto/. >>> >>>Perhaps if the ICGA provided flak vests. Bruce has attended recent >>>events. As have others over here. I am not the _only_ USA computer >>>chess person, you know??? >> >>Of course I know. >>You forgot to mention Charles and James (Noonian and Insomniac), both of whom >>have also attended a recent WCCC. >> >>My point is that I don't believe you would go to an event in Israel regardless >>of the date. I don't know if you would go to a WCCC outside North America, > >I have attended an event in London, I flew to Paris in 1984 to do a chess >demo. I have gone to Canada. And I have traveled multiple times to Europe >over the past N years. I was even at the _first_ WCCC event although I did >not participate, in Sweden. > >My problem is time. how to take about 2 weeks off from classes? The events >are now too long. What is the point in 11 rounds with 16 participants? Makes >absolutely no sense at all. It just drags out the event and triples the >cost and time. We don't have 2 week conferences anywhere. Care to guess why >that is? > All the university professors I know take off for 2 or so weeks for wherever as a matter of routine. I'm also pretty much in the corporate scene and trips by executives for 2 weeks are nothing unusual. Actually it's the corporate way of life. > > >>regardless of the exact location, the amount of money provided or the date, but >>you have posted about this sort of thing _many_ times and the impression I have >>got is that you would not. >> >>If any of the above, or any other US engine author, would go to WCCC12 if it was >>on another date, then that would be a shame and I would be interested to read a >>post by them. >> >>Roberto/. > >Again, the date is not the _only_ issue. It is a minor one. The time is >the main issue, followed closely by the cost. For example, in the ACM events >we alternated east coast and west coast. I managed to make it to almost all. >One in Nashville TN was close. One in LA was a long trip. Next year NYC. >Close. Seattle. Long trip. We balanced it and always had more local >participation than remote participation. But it fostered the interest, which >was the _point_. > >The ICGA used to do that as required by the charter. Somewhere that went >in the tank. So there are three continents: the East United States, the West United States, and the Rest of the World (called Europe for short) ? You don't teach geography, I guess. Notice that the event is being held in Asia for the third time in a decade. It happens to be the largest and most populous continent. Amir
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