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Subject: Re: CCT!!!

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 10:09:54 01/25/05

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On January 25, 2005 at 12:48:55, Omid David Tabibi wrote:

>On January 25, 2005 at 12:35:06, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>
>>I did a few quick intersections of the CCT6 & CCT7 sets, and I am getting pretty
>>disappointed.  I understand there is still some time left to sign up, but we are
>>missing quite a few of the CCT6 participants: Hiarcs, Junior, Ruffian, Quark,
>>Searcher, Yace, Rebel/Pro Deo, Pepito, Falcon, Green Light, Comet, King of
>>Kings, Postmodernist, Ikarus, Wildcat, Blackbishop, Spiderchess, Frenzee, Djinn,
>>Bodo, Dorky, Tao, Johnny, Matador, and Celes.
>>
>>In fact, of the previous top 10 finishers, only Crafty, Pharaon, Thinker, and
>>Zappa have returned! (Hiarcs, Junior, Ruffian, King of Kings, Yace, and Comet
>>are absent).  We do gain Fruit & SmarThink, but any way you slice it, CCT7 is
>>looking to be a lot weaker at the top than CCT6.
>
>Last year when we were working on the organization of the WCCC, some people
>boasted that with CCT becoming so popular, there is no need for WCCC. Funny they
>are silent now.
>

Well, I count 32 entrants so far and the tournament is still three weeks away.
This doesn't mean that WCCC 2004 was unsuccessful of course. But there is no
problem with CCT7, even if nobody else at all enters it; it will still be a
great tournament.

Andrew



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