Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 15:10:06 03/13/99
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On March 13, 1999 at 17:48:02, James T. Walker wrote: >On March 13, 1999 at 13:42:59, odell hall wrote: > >>Hi >> >> >>Does anyone know the specifics of why there is no longer any harvard cup or >>Aegon tourneys? It would be a real pleasure to see humans against computers now >>that they have become so strong, and running on very fast hardware. > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Hello Odell, >I think your post went right to the heart of the problem. Very large ego's were >beginning to get bruised. >Jim Walker I heard that there was a management change at Aegon, and the new guy didn't want to sponsor a chess tournament. I was told by the organizer that more strong titled players wanted to play than there was space for within the budget (the players received an appearance fee). I don't know what happened with the Harvard Cup, I never went to that one. bruce
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