Author: Gerd Isenberg
Date: 12:14:13 05/18/04
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On May 18, 2004 at 12:55:21, Sune Fischer wrote: >On May 18, 2004 at 12:32:51, Omid David Tabibi wrote: > >>Last year the tournament was held in Graz and I participated there (and I'm >>surely not commercial). If I 'could' then others also 'can', the question is if >>they 'want'. > >The treshold is just too high for me. >I want to play, I just don't want it _that_ bad. > >It is like a test: "only if you are willing to spend X thousand and Y days do >you get a chance to win!". > >Why? Why don't I just get a chance for free? >Why must there be so many obstacles in the way even before the tournament has >begun. My program has not learned to deal this these kind of obstacles, foolish >me I thought chess programming was a different kind of challenge. > >-S. Hi Sune, you are simply not junkie enough ;-) I got fixed on during my short commercial career. But the geographical circumstances were rather well for me of course. Paderborn 95, staying on a camping place with my survival pack (October). Happily sold a few exclusive IsiChess copies after last round. Jakarta 96, well sponsored by the ICCA and the local university. Day Ichi Hotel like a palace, opening ceremony with ministers, free, excellent food near the university playing hall, few meters away from the slums, personal hosts etc., a kind of strange. Paris 97, i disenchanted from my commercial career and already had my current job, was probably the most expensive championship iirc. Paderborn 99 a must of course (120 km Paderborn, 250 km Leiden). Camping place again, summertime. Last time with Dos IsiChess. Maastricht 2001 with my buggy brand new program was also not so far away (180km). I got older, cushier and had not to count every penny - no more camping. Same for 2002, Maastricht again. I missed London 2000 and Graz 2003. Three other over the board tournies are not enough for me. With some tension i'll look foreward to Ramat-Gan to meet some very nice guys there. Cheers, Gerd
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