Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:55:17 07/06/04
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On July 06, 2004 at 09:46:57, steven blincoe wrote: >>He is thinking of the WMCCC (World MicroComputer Chess Championship) events that were held every year, but only allowed microcomputers to participate. :) > >yes thats correct >the only real tournament of any import >:)) > >wasnt held every year though.. >they skipped the tourney in 1982 > >Steve The 1980-85 period was the darkest time in microcomputer chess. ICCA decided that commercial companies would pay big bucks every year for a crack at the title. They were correct. These same commercial companies even entered 4 copies into the Swiss event. And with expected pairings, they even contrived to have their "highest scoring entry" win against their own lower-scoring entries. IM Mike Valvo used to relay the horror stories at the ACM and WCCC events. :) The concept was stupid, allowing one company to enter the _same_ program four times. :)
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