Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 09:02:23 08/02/04
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On August 02, 2004 at 11:06:54, Steve B wrote: >Still, what is meant is that without clearer >>reasons for the players selected, or some form of qualifying process, it is >>impossible to claim a World Championship in which *many* other candidates could >>easily come ahead if they were allowed a chance to participate. It is a purely >>invitational event with a fancy but meaningless title. > >the same exact thing can be said for the WCCC just ended in Israel >there was no qualifying system or process >anyone with $500 in their pockets could enter a program >DeKONINGS King program(certainly considered one of the strongest programs >today)did not even bother to compete > >a title of "World Champion " for anything ,should have some qualifying system >for it to mean anything 1) 500$ was only required for pros. Amateurs got sponsored if they participated. 2) What would the use of the qualitfying even be? Note that the proposal *was* to have a championship format consisting of 2 parts (swiss qualif for knockout + knockout for title). It was changed on request of the players! -- GCP
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