Author: Dan Homan
Date: 11:25:14 06/21/99
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On June 20, 1999 at 22:38:24, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 20, 1999 at 01:50:15, Andy McFarland wrote: > >>Why not WCCC00? On the Internet ! >> >>Andy > > >Danny Sleator (Darooha), Zek, myself, and a few others started a discussion >on ICC for hosting what might be called the ICCC (Internet Computer Chess >Championship) next year. No firm details as I think a good bit of discussion >is needed. General feeling was "open hardware" since enforcing a uniform- >platform event would be nearly impossible. Another probable scenario would >be a Swiss with maybe 6-7 rounds, then the top 4 play a round robin or some >such... but ideas are welcome... I'll post summaries here as they are >available... and perhaps set up a few times on ICC where channel 64 will be >used to discuss this... > >Bob I think that is a great idea! A 'title' might also attract some of the big-iron and commerical programs which don't regularly play on ICC. Above all, it would be fun. What kind of entrance requirements would there be? There are a lot of amateur programs (mine included) which might like to play... would there be a rating minimum or perhaps a qualifying round? Perhaps none of that would be necessary with a Swiss tournament. - Dan
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