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Subject: Re: Is Computer Chess Reports dead?

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 09:29:43 08/14/99

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On August 13, 1999 at 23:31:34, Micheal Cummings wrote:

>On August 13, 1999 at 21:28:53, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>On August 13, 1999 at 17:02:20, Richard Sutherland wrote:
>>
>>>I notice that nothing has been posted to the Computer Chess Reports section in
>>>months. Is this resource now dead? or just resting?.
>>
>>Hi:
>>As ex coordinator and ex promotor and ex writer there, i would say that WCCR is
>>in an state of vegetative life waiting the kiss of the fairy. The problem is:
>>nobody wanted, want and perhaps will want to perform that rol. Everybody
>>expected -well, maybe they did not expect a shit after all- to see there new
>>articles from time to time, but nobody was prepared to expend some time writing
>>one. I did a lot of interviews, etc, but that is not enough. The same with KK,
>>but he retired to real life. Efforts to enage oher people were in vain. Actually
>>WCCR is a monument to lack of interest of everybody here. Maybe they are right,
>>maybe not. It is for you to decide.
>>Fernando
>
>Maybe it could be cxhanged a little. How about articles about computer chess
>from other people put in there. Ones that appear in magazines and newspapers or
>elsewhere on the net. As long as their names and where the article was from is
>there I think someone could put something in there.
>
>I know myself that I visit it once every few months. Change it or get rid of it.
Any measure supposes resources: time, money or time and money.In my case, I do
not need money from steven or nobody else because I am affluent enough, but time
to do the kind of things you suggest supposes a degree of interest from the
other side. And that is lacking. Facts are CCC ate WCCR. RIP
Fernando



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