Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 20:42:47 02/18/06
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On February 18, 2006 at 23:32:58, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 18, 2006 at 18:14:19, Thomas Mayer wrote: > >>Hi Arturo, >> >>On February 18, 2006 at 17:28:50, Arturo Ochoa wrote: >> >>>Nobody can deny that CCT8 is very well organized. >>> >>>Zappa should be there to try to revalidate its Title. >>> >>>I suppose that it can't be there because the Book of Erdogan is in ChessBase >>>Format and there is no way to connect Zappa using that book. >> >>in fact there is a way, this was already discussed during CCT7. There exist two >>solutions which can connect the ChessBase GUI with auto232 to winboard WITH >>sending analyzing lines. The engine itself must just create a textfile which is >>grabbed by the adapter and sent to ICC every time a move is made. So for the >>programmer it isn't to complicate to play. >> >>Might be that Anthony is still busy with testing his supercomputer or CCT does >>no longer play a role in Zappa's life. Or he can simply not play. Look at the >>reason Will gave... there are more important things than CC in life... :) >> >>Greets, Thomas > > >All I might add is that it is really a good idea for a previous winner to play >in the next event. Otherwise there is always the "well, XXX won this year, but >YYY wasn't entered so who knows?" I've played in multiple events I would rather >have missed, for this very reason. It is simply preferable to "pass the torch" >rather than to retire undefeated prematurely... > >IMHO of course... This is exactly the reason Jeremy Witherspoon from Canada and Jan Bos from the Netherlands both competed in the 1000m speed skating event. They were gold/silver respectively last olympics, and one was trying to defend, and the other was trying to get the gold. Both failed, but they still showed up to pass the torch to the new and up and coming skaters. Peter
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