Author: Andrew Wagner
Date: 15:25:10 07/17/04
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On July 17, 2004 at 18:03:17, Russell Reagan wrote: >On July 17, 2004 at 17:49:44, Andrew Wagner wrote: > >>On July 17, 2004 at 16:48:05, Peter Berger wrote: >> >>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:10:29, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On July 17, 2004 at 11:38:32, Andrew Wagner wrote: >>>> >>>>>Bob, do you think UAB would be interested/willing to host such an event? Say, >>>>>sometime next summer? >>>> >>>> >>>>It is certainly probable... >>> >>>Probable? Or possible? >>> >>>Don't forget there is also WCCC 2005 scheduled for next summer. On the other >>>hand, as it is not yet decided where it will take place, maybe you want to >>>organize it? >>> >>>Peter >> >>Does the ICGA really rely on people to organize their events? I really don't >>know. If so, and if they're willing to make WCCC 2005 a US-based event, and fund >>it, I'm more than willing to arrange it. I had intended to arrange a tournament >>in addition to theirs, however. > >That is one of the main problems. It always comes back to money with the ICGA. >They used to require some huge sum of money, and I assume they still do. >Something like $50,000 or $100,000 is what I've heard. > >At the very least, I think you should get something going online. Maybe an >online U.S. or North American Internet Championship. Maybe every other year (or >every third year, or whatever) could be an in person event. My concern is that >since there hasn't been anyting in-person in quite a few years that if you shoot >straight for that it might not be very successful. Steven Edwards was heading up >an initiative to form a North American computer chess association, with online >and in-person events, but I haven't heard any news in a while. Maybe you should >contact him and see if you guys can get something going. The authors-only tournament on ICC don't count?
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