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Subject: Re: List of participants for WCCC

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 09:32:26 05/14/04

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On May 14, 2004 at 12:16:57, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On May 13, 2004 at 20:17:42, Russell Reagan wrote:
>
>>Not anyone can play. Only people who have several thousand dollars and two
weeks >>to burn can play. I don't know many people in that situation, or at
least if >>they are in that situation and participated, the locks would be
changed when >>they returned home from the trip :)
>
>FYI, travel costs and hardware are sponsored by the organisation.

No, they are not.  $2000 dollars is not sponsored by the organization, neither
the hotel, nor the paid time off for two weeks.  The entire situation is
calculated to discourage American participation.  The physical format is
calculated to permit cheating, as was done with the illeagal throwing of a
drawn game to the eventual "winner".  It is a corrupt establishment designed to
cater to European interests, and to snub Americans.
It is therefore an irrelevant contest, just like the FIDE World Championship is
completely irrelevant.
:)

CCT is now the venue for true WORLD comptetition, instead of just European
competition.

>
>--
>GCP



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