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Subject: Re: Scoring Wins and Draws

Author: Jesus de la Villa

Date: 00:47:53 08/17/99

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On August 16, 1999 at 21:28:56, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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"...

I'm relative new to this chess club, so, i din't know about the topic, but,
the most of you know this is a serious topic that "must" change to make chess
more interesting. (more than it is by now).

Can anyone give me links to this issue, i'm really interested.



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