Author: Thomas Mayer
Date: 07:12:13 12/15/03
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Hi Omid, I don't really get your point in this discussion. I think you can not claim Bob that he would only participate when he thinks that he can win - several times he has shown up at WCCCs with very minimal chances... Besides, I definitely believe that he has some chances with some big hardware. Bob shows us his reasons why he did not participate and why he does not want to participate in the upcoming WCCC at Israel. I do not agree with his reasons, but anyway I respect them somehow. I think only for the professionals exists the problem to have some chances to win or not -> to end like e.g. Deep Sjeng did (And I know it can do definitely better) is not very good for the sales. For us amateurs this is different, I believe. The olympic idea that participating is everything is still very high in my opinion - at least it was the reason for me to participate. Already before the start it was clear to me that my combination of book, engine and hardware has very low chances to win there (There is ALWAYS a chance, but say it was 1:1.000.000 - which is better then in a lottery... :) - I was quite aware about the fact that I would fight for not being last. Anyway, how often would I get the chance to participate at a world championship ? For me that was a dream since 1986 (reading everything about WCCC 1986 - winner: Cray Blitz) - and I think that when you have the chance to get a dream reality you should take that chance... Greets, Thomas P.S.: I will definitely try to get to Israel next year, but for now this is unsure because of business issues and still because of my girlfriend which has some problems with the security at the tournament site... Anyway I will try to convince her.
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