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Subject: Re: Congratulations Bob

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 12:52:15 02/07/00

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On February 06, 2000 at 21:54:24, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On February 06, 2000 at 20:08:58, Bradley Woodward wrote:
>
>>Well done on winning the first of what I hope will be a regular event.  Crafty
>>kicks serious butt - end of story.  Unfortunatly I couldn't watch any of the
>>games.  They started around 1am for me and finished just as I was getting up for
>>work.
>>
>>And a thanks to those commercial programs that entered.  They didn't have a lot
>>to win except bragging rights, but them being here I felt added a lot.  So big
>>kudos to Junior, Nimzo and Shredder.  It was good to see Ferret back too.  We
>>all miss ya, Bruce!
>>
>>Big pat on the back and huge thanks to ICC.  Your efforts are much appreciated.
>>
>>Personally, I'd like to see this happen mabye twice a year, hopefully scheduled
>>so I can watch.  :)
>
>
>Thanks... I enjoyed it myself although things were a bit 'close' at the end.
>I think things went reasonably well, although we had a few pairing glitches
>caused by things like programs playing the _wrong_ colors, and then complaining
>when they got too many blacks or whatever.  Those kinds of glitches can be
>watched next time to make sure every game is right, after it gets started.
>
>The rest of the details were very good...
>
>I'd like to see it run every 6 months myself.  It is marvelously affordable
>compared to the ECCA's yearly event.. :)

Why not every 3 months ? This was the draft version but this was already very
exciting ;)



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