Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 10:32:25 03/02/05
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On March 02, 2005 at 12:21:43, Terry Giles wrote: >On March 02, 2005 at 12:19:13, Terry Giles wrote: > >> >>Hi CCC friends, >> >>After playing through some of the very short "grandmaster" draws at Linares, I >>feel that it's about time some of these tournament organisers started to award 3 >>points for a won game in an effort to get the players to try and win a game >>instead of fearing a loss. Chess today, well at least at the stratospheric >>heights of the "super-grandmasters", is far too technical and theory laden for >>most of the 'general' public to really appreciate and most of it has already >>been prepared and analysed at home. Something needs to be done to liven up the >>game, before the machines take over! >> >>Terry ;-) > >Apologies, I should have clarified: WIN = 3pts and DRAW = 1pt Instead of drawing, the players should flip a coin to see who must resign. With a 50-50 chance at 3 points, each player would stand to gain 1½ points on average versus only 1 point for drawing. The only exception would be if the prize structure favored a mutual draw sufficiently to offset the gain.
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