Author: Paulo Soares
Date: 12:54:16 08/17/99
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On August 17, 1999 at 05:39:06, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On August 16, 1999 at 11:59:42, Paulo Soares wrote: > >>On August 15, 1999 at 22:28:01, Dave Gomboc wrote: >>> >>>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 > >The point of my post was that the first sentence in your reply contradicts >itself. > >Dave Dave, I don't think that there is contradiction in my first sentence. An example to evaluate the results: Win: 3 points Draw: 1 point Lose: 0 point In this example, used by FIFA (Soccer), the only thing that doesn't have value it's lose, as you can see, draw has it's value. Paulo Soares
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