Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 08:25:52 02/14/05
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On February 14, 2005 at 11:11:29, Peter Berger wrote: >On February 14, 2005 at 10:31:43, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On February 13, 2005 at 18:07:14, Peter Berger wrote: >> >>world champs 2004 had live VIDEO pictures broadcasted by GM Alterman. > >OK, the video reports from WCCC2004 were really outstanding too, agreed, >although I don't think that the pictures added so much to the experience as the >camera was very static. I don't know if there were longer interviews in Israel, Omid David Tabibi was live on national television and had during my game falcon-diep to leave for hours to give the television interview. There was every day reports about it and the national newspapers brought daily news about it too. However i guess you didn't notice all that as you were doing your excellent job as an operator there. You just see how big an event is if you regurarly walk around :) Of course i lost masses of time by doing that, but well that's a small price for the extra pleasure an event gives! >I thought this was a nice idea by chess.fm. > >A plus for GM Alterman is that he understands more about chessprograms than the >master on radio. > >Following the games is surely more interesting for spectators when they can see >the computer evaluation and mainlines live. > >Probably the biggest advantage for cct was coicidence - there was no human event >at the same time, so that there were much more visitors, not only hardcore fans. > >Peter >> >> >>>On February 13, 2005 at 17:37:25, Peter Skinner wrote: >>> >>>cct-7 maybe didn't have the strongest field ever, but it was outstanding in a >>>few ways. >>> >>>Coverage: chess.fm with NM Dan Heisman did live radio coverage for most rounds, >>>there was no major human tournament running at the same time, so there were >>>plenty of spectators. There were live interviews with Anthony Cozzie and Bob >>>Hyatt on radio. >>> >>>IM Schroer did his usual outstanding job of commenting live on ICC. >>> >>>The tournament website was always up-to-date during the tournament. >>> >>>I feel this is the best internet coverage of a computer tournament ever, and it >>>sets a new standard others (especially ICGA) will have to live up to. >>> >>>It was an enjoyable experience to follow it, thanks for all who made it >>>possible. >>> >>>Peter
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