Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 15:57:15 08/09/05
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On August 09, 2005 at 17:58:58, Joshua Shriver wrote: >IS this the same one being held in Iceland? No. The Chess960 tournament is played in Mainz, and takes place before the tournament in Reykjavík. The two tournaments are very different. The WCCC in Reykjavík is the classic world computer chess championship which we all know. Organised by the ICGA, slow time controls, programs choose their own openings, takes a lot of time (a week or so?), expensive to participate in. For economical reasons, few amateurs participate. The FRC championship is arranged for the first time this year, and is an entirely different sort of tournament. No relation to the ICGA, fast time controls, only two days of playing, random opening positions, economically attractive because the organisers pay the hotel expenses for the participants. Of the 19 participants, only 2 (Shredder and Sjeng) are professional. Tord
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