Author: Alastair Scott
Date: 08:21:58 02/09/03
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On February 08, 2003 at 10:24:18, Anthony Martini wrote: > NO agreed upon draws before move 50... period... NO Exceptions... > (wasn't this tried before - what happened?) > > ...Ok, so this would not be fair in Man vs. Machine tournaments, where men >(women) get tired and computers do not. But not for anything, Kas did get >$625,000 - he could of at least made another 22 moves. Could you imagine any >professional sporting event where both teams agreed on a draw before the end of >the game??? Draws are an intrinsic part of chess and are difficult to 'design out'. With your example it's a certainty that draws by perpetual check or repetition in less than 50 moves would be memorised and played. Best of luck to anyone trying to prove collusion! > Agreed upon draws early in chess are completely ludicrous and detrimental >to the advance of chess. Chess had a nationally televised audience and what did >we do - we left everybody hanging with an interseting posistion with a lot of >play left. It's like having a delicious dinner served to you, and the host takes >the plate away before you get to taste the main course. As attempts to forbid draws or make them difficult to achieve are probably futile I suggest some sort of scheme (those more conversant with game theory can tweak the numbers to try to remove any unfairnesses that appear on analysis, but the 4:2:1 ratio feels right) where: i. If game 1 is decisive, the winner gets 4 points and the loser 0; i. If game 1 is drawn, it has no value and another game is played; ii. If game 2 is decisive, the winner gets 2 points and the loser 0; ii. If game 2 is also drawn, both players get 1 point. So the five possible results are 4-0, 0-4, 2-0, 0-2 and 1-1 and, if people are determined to draw, they have to work harder for inferior scores for good measure ... Alastair
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