Author: Amir Ban
Date: 02:57:49 12/03/03
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On December 02, 2003 at 20:16:20, Eugene Nalimov wrote: >On December 02, 2003 at 16:19:58, Amir Ban wrote: > >>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. > >Ok, so chess program written by some CEO surely can participate in WCCC. > >> >>> >>> >>>>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. > >I can assure you that from Redmond, USA (where I live now) there is not much >difference in travel time between Maastricht, Graz, Tel Aviv, or even my home >city Novosibirsk (deep in the Asia). Either of them is in 11..15 hours of flight >time, not counting time in airports... > My record time to the West Coast is 19 hours, including connections. I've done it more times than I can count. With a good connection Tokyo is 17 hours flight from here. I did it 5 times so far. The world is a big place, but everybody's traveling like crazy. Amir >Thanks, >Eugene > >>Amir
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