Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Live computer chess tournament at UAB? Bob?

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 16:37:07 07/17/04

Go up one level in this thread


On July 17, 2004 at 19:17:52, Andrew Williams wrote:

>On July 17, 2004 at 16:57:00, Matthew Hull wrote:
>
>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:55:23, Peter Berger wrote:
>>
>>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:53:10, Matthew Hull 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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>One would think the ICGA would "organize" the event.  What do the ICGA officers
>>>>actually do?  They must get paid for something.
>>>>
>>>
>>>More unqualified anti-ICGA rambling - really: what's *your* problem with ICGA,
>>>Matthew? Is it just for fun?
>>
>>Just wondering what they do.  I could see that Omid worked his hinder parts off
>>mightily, a virtual one-man band.  It looked like they made him do all the work.
>>
>>It's an honest question.
>
>It's an odd thing about WCCCs that the organizers run around *constantly*, and
>are working the whole time you see them. But outside of the event hall one gets
>*zero* impression of this. I've been to WCCCs at London and at Maastricht and
>both times, Jaap van den Herik and Jos Uiterwijk were working extremely hard for
>the entire time I was present (I competed at Maastricht so I was present for the
>whole tournament). Incidentally at Maastricht one should certainly add Joke
>Hellemons to the list of extremely hard-working ICGA staff - I don't remember
>seeing her in London, though she could have been there. Meanwhile, despite the
>huge amount of effort being put in, people at CCC accuse the organizers of not
>doing anything! Take my word for it, the organizers do a *huge* amount to make
>the event run...


That is interesting to know.  Thanks for clarifying.

If one is considering joining, then one likes to know a little bit about how
that in which they are investing is run.  Where I work, one likes to know
whether or not people are working smarter rather than just harder.

:)



>
>Andrew



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.