Author: blass uri
Date: 09:08:46 02/07/00
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On February 07, 2000 at 10:33:54, Shep wrote: >On February 06, 2000 at 19:40:18, Mike S. wrote: > >>On February 06, 2000 at 19:11:44, David Eppstein wrote: >> >>>I was noticing in the games of the ICC CCT that there were very few draws, >>>compared to many grandmaster tournaments(...) Would the number of draws go >>>up if the level of the players got closer to the top grandmasters? Or what? >> >>It is my impression that the percentage of draws already has grown thru the >>years. If you look at the detailed results of the Cadaqués tornament for >>example, > >Agreed. The draw quota in my tournaments is currently between 33 and 50%, used >to be below 25% one year ago, below 20% two years ago. >And I believe it will keep rising to about 75% in the next 2-3 years. > >(Examples from my recent tournament: > Nimzo - Rebel 5 draws in 6 games > Nimzo - Tiger 5 draws in 6 games > Nimzo - Junior 4 draws in 6 games) > >--- >Shep I think that one of the reason for draws in your games is adjudication of games with no progress as draws. I know that computers can win games when there was no progress for many moves. Uri
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