Author: Paulo Soares
Date: 08:59:42 08/16/99
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On August 15, 1999 at 22:28:01, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On August 15, 1999 at 19:48:51, Paulo Soares 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 >> >>I agree, a draw should not be worth points in tournaments, >>and the wins should be valued, it would be a way of turning >>chess more popular. >>With many people buying chess programs, the programmers could >>order specific processors for programs, the speed would increase >>very much, more programmers would be studying new techniques to >>improve the programs. I would like a lot that chess was popular >>as the baseball, or the soccer in Brazil. >> >>Paulo Soares > >Earlier this year I attended a lecture by GM Kevin Spraggett. A friend of >lamented the large number of draws in GM play. Kevin commented that aside from >the quick handshake draws that are seen from time to time, there are simply many >games where neither player makes a serious enough mistake to lose. He said that >one of the things he had to learn on his way to becoming a grandmaster is that a >draw is a valid result. > >Dave Dave, I also find draw is a valid result, but I think that should not have the value attributed to it in the tournaments. With that, in my opinion, chess would become a game more interesting. I also find that many other rules should be moved, with the intention of turning chess more popular. Paulo Soares
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