Author: Andy McFarland
Date: 15:16:02 06/21/99
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On June 21, 1999 at 14:25:14, Dan Homan wrote: >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 Those details have not been determined. If you are interested in playing in this tournament, email me at zek@chessclub.com Andy (Zek on ICC)
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