Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 18:29:56 02/13/05
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On February 13, 2005 at 17:37:25, Peter Skinner wrote: >Well CCT7 is in the books and it was a very successful event. > >Congratulations to Anthony Cozzie and Zappa for being the clear winner. 7.5/9.0 >is a very good score, and Zappa played excellent. It was a well earned win. > >Before I get rambling on I want to thank some people: > >1. The participants. Without you there is no event. Thank you for joining, and >making the event so fun. I also want to thank you for having the belief in me as >the TD. Your support was/is greatly appreciated. Absolutely A+ > >2. To the staff at ICC. Andy McFarland (Zek) was incredible with all his support >and help. From accounts to getting Chess.fm up and running, he was there with me >from start to finish. He is truely a credit to ICC. I also want to thank the >server itself. They have allowed us to hold the event for the 7th consecutive >year. It is great to know there are such great resources for us to utilize for >our yearly event. > >3. To Will Singleton. Without Will I don't think I would have made it through to >the end. His always helpful advice when I needed it seemed to find an extra gear >in me to keep going. He was always there when I had a question, and never >doubted me. He had complete confidence from day one. For everything you did >Will, I will never forget it. Either your a saint, or you didn't want to take >over :) > >4. To the seeders. You did a fantastic job. The job you completed made for an >excellent event. Everyone who helped made crucial contributions, that made the >event a success. So thank you for helping when I called on you. > >5. I was to thank IM Jon Schroer and NM Dan Heisman for their terrific work in >the event. The Chess.fm coverage was excellent with interviews from Robert >Hyatt, Anthony Cozzie, Jon Schroer, and Will Singleton. Schroer did a fantastic >job as always being the commentator over the event, and hopefully he can come >back next year. Maybe if he asks nice, Little Bird will let him come out and >play :) > >I enjoyed the event from start to finish. It had everything. Terrific chess, >terrific people around, a little controversy, and most important, a clear >winner. > >I tried to maintain a "live" update system to the website. It worked 99% of the >time, and was terrific. Rounds started on time, pairings were done on time, and >overall I think everyone enjoyed that. It made for some very busy times, but in >the end it was well worth it. > >Zappa played some excellent chess, and was almost caught by Ikarus who to some >was the surprise of the event. ChessThinker was the only program to go unbeaten, >and played extremely solid in all of it's games. > >Chompster got it's first top 10 finish and Scott was incredibly happy with that. >Congratulations to him for the obvious improvements in his program. > >GNUChess scored 4/9. That is pretty good, but Andrew Wagner and I still believe >others were cheating. Obviously it was the pre-tournament favorite, and there >was no possible operator error :) (Thanks for operating Andrew!) > >Butcher was very unlucky with his connection again this year. Dropping two games >due to forfeit by the disconnection rule surely kept it out of the top ten. >Kudos to their team for understanding the decisions I made, and simply accepting >them. They made it easy to be a TD in that regard. Terrific sportsmen. > >I guess the last thing I want to say is thank you to all the people here. The >support I got in emails were fantastic, and the general feeling of the event was >that it would succeed with me in charge. > >So with that another chapter closes, and one possibly opens tomorrow. > >Have a good day, > >Peter >http://cct7.crafty-chess.com Great job, dude. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the games. I do hope you'll consider doing it again in the future. :) Roger
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