Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 01:39:28 05/15/04
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On May 14, 2004 at 18:26:54, Amir Ban 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's not. I will come to CCT to experiment, if I come at all. Others don't >bother to show up, and why should they ? It's not a major event. > Somewhat 'chicken and egg'. It may be that many amateurs are not able (time and money) or do not want to travel to these venues at all. Like CCT you either show up or not. If you do not then you cannot be called WCCC. Simple personal (or commercial) decision. CCT has the problem of cheating of course – crafty clones, using commercial programs, move now etc. And of course lacks the personal involvement of the referee to normalise results to their 'real' value. >CCT is a bit like Biel: crowded and noisy, with a few good players. But don't >mistake Biel for Wijk an Zee. > >Which reminds me that no major chess tournament takes place in the USA nowadays. >All the major tournaments are in Europe, but I don't hear you saying that >Kaidanov and Stripunsky are the world's best. > >Amir
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