Author: Louis Fagliano
Date: 07:33:18 03/03/05
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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 ;-) There's another way to get rid of excessive draws. Play "draw free" chess. It's just like ordinary chess except that when the game is drawn, either because it has reached a known theoretical endgame position that is drawn or just reaches a dull, lifeless position that neither player wants to play on in, then the pieces are set up in their original starting position with the same player having White and the game continues on from this point with no change in the amount of time either player has on their clock and the number of moves played advances by one with White's first move of the born-again game. If that is drawn, then the position again reverts to the original starting position and continues on. If drawn again, then repeat again, all in the same sitting with no rest breaks, until one player drops from exhastion and blunders. The game will be transformed into one where physical stamina would be at a premium and only the young will ever have a chance to be world champion, but you have to give up something to get something.
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