Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 20:06:26 12/03/03
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On December 03, 2003 at 05:57:49, Amir Ban wrote: >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. Unfortunately, the fact that you (or arbitrary large number of other people) are travel a lot doesn't mean that particular person would be able to travel far away for almost 2 weeks. Thanks, Eugene >Amir > > >>Thanks, >>Eugene >> >>>Amir
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