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Subject: Re: If chess was football, then "The King" would have won!

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 14:17:16 10/27/03

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On October 27, 2003 at 15:53:11, George Tsavdaris wrote:

>On October 27, 2003 at 13:27:46, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>
>>We play Chess and not Foodball.
>
>Yes, but rating system in football is more exciting from the
>"boring": win=1/draw=0.5 in chess. I don't see why it should not
>be used also in chess.

If you don't want Ruffian to win, why not just say the one with the fewest
points win?

Really, changing the rules after the tournament doesn't make sense.

Chess is a delicate game of risk and chance, change the balance you change the
game. As a result major retuning is needed, new books etc..

-S.

• Chess is a delicate game of risk and chance .. Georg v. Zimmermann 14:46:28 10/28/03
• Re: If chess was football, then "The King" would have won! George Tsavdaris 15:02:59 10/27/03
  • Re: If chess was football, then "The King" would have won! Sune Fischer 15:29:24 10/27/03

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