Author: Pete Galati
Date: 08:43:38 08/16/99
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On August 16, 1999 at 09:32:04, walter irvin wrote: >On August 15, 1999 at 16:56:10, Pete Galati wrote: > >>[..... >>>>>Uri, chess could have more followers if whole games finished in checkmate or in >>>>>a very simple draw, but that is not our reality. >>>>>In the final position of the game Rodhe x Rebel, I don't see chances for none >>>>>of the sides. >>>>> >>>>>Paulo Soares >>>> >>>>Then maybe it's a good thing they don't all end in a checkmate, while I feel >>>>that more parents should be teaching Chess to their children, I would certainly >>>>question the need for more Chess followers. >>>> >>>>Pete >>> >>>Pete, I didn't understand your point. >>>All the sports that I know finish with a very defined result. If chess >>>finished with a better defined result, certainly more people would be >>>interested in the game. That means that there would be more money for chess >>>and, consequently, for chesscomputer, resulting in better programs. >>>Logically the people would also benefit of the good things that the chess >>>offers. >>>Paulo Soares >> >>No point in paticular. But in order to do away with draws you would have to >>change the game and then it would no longer be Chess, it would be a variant. To >>be honest I've always felt that in a draw the both sides of the board have lost >>because neither side was able to win. >> >>As for money, I don't think Chess needs more money, nobody wants to see Chess >>become baseball. >> >>Pete >all you would have to do is for a draw give black 1/2 white nothing , as white >should win anyway . That's usually true, I'd have to say that some of the best games I've ever played were the ones where I've won from the black side of the board. I would probably want neither side to get any money for a draw game, having said that however I do need to mention that I would starve to death if I had to make a living from playing Chess. Pete
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