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Subject: Re: WCCC preliminary field

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:39:42 03/24/99

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On March 24, 1999 at 14:31:42, Mark Loftus wrote:

>Hi Bob,
>
>I would like to see Crafty play the top commercials in the WCCC event,
>and would be quite interesting on a Cray machine.
>
>I'm sure I speak for many others.
>
>
>
>
>Mark Loftus

No more than I would.  However, several things played a part in my decision
about not going:

1.  expense.  It is non-trivial expense-wise, and I'd have to pay travel
myself...  not something I really want to do bad enough to make this happen.

2.  I've been to a _bunch_ of these things over the years, so it is hard to get
worked up over another.  And when you factor in (1) above, it becomes even less
'significant'.

3.  I play just about every commercial program on ICC, FICS and chess.net, so
the WCCC wouldn't really provide me with a lot of new data.  Although it would
be fun to see it play again...

In short, lots of things led to my not going.  And I didn't even touch on
missing two weeks of classes in the Summer, etc.

Bob



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