Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 14:30:12 02/24/05
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On February 24, 2005 at 08:46:38, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On February 24, 2005 at 03:30:59, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>>>But maybe their only stupidity was that they did not expect you to post private >>>>stuff in a public forum. After this thread they might decide to never answer >>>>your emails again. If you had treated me that way (you did not) I know I would. >> >>>I have not named names at all. There are _many_ commercial programs. Not just >>>the top 5 you might be thinking of. Nothing I have posted was private at all. >> >>You named numbers plus a few exclusions, anyone who has followed this thread can >>connect the dots. > >Let's try. These are the professionals that I know of and that might reasonably >know about and possibly attend IPCC: > >-> Shredder - Playing >-> Junior (Never attends) >-> Hiarcs - Other reason >-> Fritz >-> ChessTiger >-> Hydra - Playing >-> Diep - Playing >-> Deep Sjeng - Other reason >-> Anaconda - Playing >-> Gandalf - Playing >-> The King (Never attends) >-> Ruffian - Author is MIA > >"Out of 8 commercial programs that I contacted regarding participating in the >CCT, only 3 of 7 that declined for reasons of getting ready for the IPCCC are >actually entered." > >Leaving 4. > >The King never plays in IPCC, so I don't see Johan using that as an excuse. >Junior and Amir - same. Fritz often enters but apparently not this year, so >Frans _could_ be one of the missing if he felt Fritz wasn't ready. > >That still leaves at least 3, with only 1 program remaining. > >I can't quite connect the dots here. > >-- >GCP You can't possibly know if the King and Junior weren't asked and what they have might have answered, also I don't what MIA (Ruffian) stands for. It doesn't matter much, the intend of Skinner is clear, an indecent swipe at the commercials. As former commercial I do take offense because I know his conclusions are far from the truth. Ed
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