Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 16:28:03 12/13/03
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On December 13, 2003 at 19:15:00, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>By this logic the tournament would have been even better with only Shredder, >>Junior and Fritz. >>The others just dragged down the rating, obviously. > >OK, let me put it this way: how many top programs participated in Graz? How many >will participate in CCT? > >Having a chess championship without Junior/Fritz/Shredder is like having a >football worldcup without Brazil, Italy, Germany, England... (and if like CCT >you don't have any "drug tests", then Argentina will easily win, thanks to >Maradona :) If the list had been complete with Tiger, Ruffian and the rest of the heavy hitters I would agree you had some point, but your list is only half complete so the argument doesn't really work. In CCT we have a big part of those missing in Graz, I'd say a combined tournament would have been a really awesome event. Instead we have something like the FIDE and PCA championship. I still prefer the CCT overall due to the wider appeal with a more modern format. >>>If quantity is the only important factor for you, then you can take 100 free >>>winboard engines, run a tournament on your computer, and crown the winner with >>>the world champion title. >> >>Quantity is important, quantity means support, interest and recognition. >> >>Where was Tiger, where was Rebel, Ruffian, SmarThink, Crafty, Yace... in your >>little shootout? > >Had they thought they had any chance to win the championship, they would have >shown up. There is always a chance if you go, there is no chance if you don't go. -S.
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