Author: Terry Giles
Date: 15:14:32 03/02/05
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On March 02, 2005 at 17:37:47, gerold daniels 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 ;-) > >good evening Terry. i would like to see it changed to just one point for a win. > no other points for anything.or just leave it as it is. > >gerold. Hi Gerold, Yes, I quite like the idea of no points for a draw in a match game, say for example the first player to six wins or so. However in a tournament having no distinction between a draw and a loss seems somewhat harsh. I wasn't necessarily advocating all tournaments to have a 3 point win score, but I think it could be an interesting development. Such a points system has been adopted in British football and it's certainly livened things up no end! Terry
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