Author: Amir Ban
Date: 03:32:41 12/04/03
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On December 03, 2003 at 23:06:26, Eugene Nalimov wrote: >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. > If you travel for 2 weeks, I don't see how it matters whether you traveled far or near. Amir >Thanks, >Eugene > >>Amir >> >> >>>Thanks, >>>Eugene >>> >>>>Amir
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