Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 22:52:21 08/17/99
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On August 17, 1999 at 15:54:16, Paulo Soares wrote: >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 Kevin's point is that with this scale you are giving draws less than they are due. Dave
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