The rules and definitions of what constitutes an amateur and a professional are quite clear. Although I have never understood the semi-professional one. Should the rules and definitions be changed? Yes they probably should.
I will finish my contribution to this thread with the summary of the ICGA ruling:
In view of the fact that a categorical and clear decision was taken at the participants' meeting and endorsed by Jaap in his role as Tournament Director, the subsequent decision taken by myself and ICGA colleagues last week was not correct. There should never have been any doubt that your program entry in Pamplona calls for payment of the "Professional" entry fee.
In addition to the above, it has been pointed out to the ICGA in the past 24 hours (and confirmed by the secretariat) that when Deep Sjeng participated at last year's WCCC in Beijing you paid only the amateur entry fee even though your program was categorized as "Professional" under our rules for that event. The fact that the ICGA secretariat was not aware last year of your program's "Professional" status is in no way a justification for your not having paid the correct entry fee in Beijing.
Taking everything into account the ICGA has decided on the following.
When you or your chess program next participates in an ICGA event you will be required, at the time of making your entry, to pay 500 Euro in addition to the appropriate entry fee for that event.
Harvey Williamson wrote:The rules and definitions of what constitutes an amateur and a professional are quite clear. Although I have never understood the semi-professional one. Should the rules and definitions be changed? Yes they probably should.
I agree ICGA should abandon different entry fees concerning amateur and (semi-) professional status, and encourage programmers to operate. Golden age is long over. And it is hard to make fair rules concerning absolute and relative income (beside the difficulties how to prove) from computer chess. It was often an disputed issue - remember Jakarta 1996.
Dr Wael Deeb are all the time very sympathetically and a nice guy.
Believe me, I know my girlfriend
A very big compliment.
Best
Frank
PS:
You wonder, in which English Frank write this reply ...
Second comment by Lisa
Thanks to you and to Lisa Frank,I also think that you're a very nice and decent people and I realy mean it
Cheers,
Dr.D
P.S.This reply was wrote using the special Frankenglish language,it's a new and very attractive language and it's very difficult to learn
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