Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 13:27:38 12/13/03
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On December 13, 2003 at 14:54:08, Russell Reagan wrote: >On December 13, 2003 at 13:44:20, Omid David Tabibi wrote: > >>>What "official title"? European World Computer Chess Champion? CCT-6 >>>Computer Chess Champion? ACM International Computer Chess Champion? >> >>World Computer Chess Champion. > >Nah. Call it the ICGA Champion, because that's what it is. > >I'd be interested to know what you think gives any organization the right to >call the winner of their event the world champion. Is the winner of the NFL the >world champion in American football? What about the winners of the NBA, the NHL, >MLB? Are the winners of those leagues the world champions? Or are they the NFL >Champions, etc.? What about the Olympics? What about the FIDE Champion? The 'N' in NFL, NBA, NHL stands for 'national'. The 'I' in ICGA stands for 'international'. > >IMO, one important aspect is participants of a certain playing ability must be >able to realistically participate if they desire to do so. The ICGA fails that >requirement miserably, while leagues like the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB all pass with >flying colors. They pay people a minimum of a few hundred thousand dollars per >year to sit on the bench. If you could potentially be one of the best, and you >have a desire to play in one of those leagues, someone will make sure you are >participating, and you will be making many millions of dollars each year. I'm >not sure if the FIDE passes here or not. I have a feeling if someone was as good >as Kasparov or Kramnik, but didn't have the money required to participate in a >"world championship" that someone would see that they got to participate, but >maybe not. > >The CCTs pass the particpation requirement easily. The WCCC currently has the >CCTs beat on the level of the very top participants, but that will change at >some point. > >Personally, I think each organization should call their winner the Champion of >that organization. IE ICGA Champion, FIDE Champion, CCT Champion, etc. Very few >(if any) can undisputedly call their winner a world champion. Just call it what >it is, and let people decide which organizations' champion is the most >respected.
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