Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 15:07:09 05/14/04
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On May 14, 2004 at 13:11:21, Uri Blass wrote: >On May 14, 2004 at 12:32:26, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>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. > >No it is not European competition. >Israel is not in Europe and some programs from Israel are going to participate. According to Omid, Israel is a part of Europe in sports. I'm sure that will (convieniently) not apply here, because chess isn't really a sport, it's more of a game, so in computer chess, Israel is not a part of Europe, and therefore this tournament is truly "interational".
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