Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:28:56 08/16/99
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On August 16, 1999 at 19:03:23, Jesus de la Villa wrote: >Hi all, > >Some previous post (from today) Robert Hyatt was talking about hes efforts to >make Crafty avoid "Drawish Styles", he said that with this "non-drawish >style" Crafty could lose some games, but would win much more. >(I hope i made a reasonable translation of bobs thoughts, if don't excuse me) > >This "Non-drawish style" must be rewarded in the score, for example: > >A win scores 1.5 >A draw scores .5 >A lose scores 0 > >The consecuences are very interesting, supose the last round of a tournament, >if you lead by .5, you cant be safety with a draw, because of the 1.5 points >if the other behind you wins, you must play to win. > >This way, a player who plays to win, in general, will win more points. > >This would impact directly to playing styles in both, humans and machines, >rewarding those who plays to win. > >We will see or play more interesting games. > >just a thought This has been discussed many times. But in general, no one really wants to change. The issue is usually brought up by "GM draws"...
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