Scottrf wrote:
No you won't.
Hey thanks for the support! Glad I can always count on my fellow brothers in chess.
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No problem mate.
Get to expert level after establishing a U 1200 raring though and you may have a shot at the next one.
I already have an established rating of 1406 so I will be playing in the U1600.
Ah OK.
Pray then.
Irontiger wrote:
Bulla, your head seems pretty thick.
There are countless ways to discourage draws. pdela in the other thread suggested throwing out the half a point for a draw, and a 3/1/0 score system is already used in some cases (national club league in France, for instance). This is extremely efficient at discouraging draws. You can make it worse, something like 10/1/0 if you want.
Again, that's not something I want, but that's a way of discouraging draws without obvious drawbacks.
Giving power to the TD or chief organizer or whoever to fiddle with the results is not a good thing, even if it was the only way to discourage draws.
Imagine a market system where the TD decides that there should be X draws in each round at most, and puts "authorizations to draw" at auction beforehand. Player bid for them by giving points after each round, can resell from each other at any point during the games, etc.. Someone who draws without having an authorization to do so scores 0 instead of 1/2. That would be awful, wouldn't it ? Yet it is still better, because the TD doesn't get to price the drawing license differently to each player.
First time I'd ever heard if eliminating the 1/2 point. I think that's a damn fine idea, and, better than what is in place for this tournament. If players are serious about attending this event, I'd suggest petitioning the TD to change it.
Yeah throwing out 1/2 point for draws sounds like a nice way to change the system without any drawbacks whatsover.
"Psst. Hey buddy. This is a dead draw, but if we draw we both get zero points. Give me 5 bucks and I will resign for you...its all the same to me."
Psst. Hey buddy. The game is a dead draw, but we both need a point. Lets flip a coin to see who resigns."
How about this. Wins are worth 3 points. If you offer a draw, and your opponent accepts, then both sides get 2 points. But your opponent has the option to choose to accept as a "spite draw" in which case the opponent gets only 1 point, but the side that offered the draw gets zero points.
That should discourage draw offers from opponents who have been rude a-holes.
Oh, sure. I just ponied up a grand to play in this thing, but someone is going to coerce me with a half a sawbuck?
Ubik42 wrote:
Yeah throwing out 1/2 point for draws sounds like a nice way to change the system without any drawbacks whatsover.
"Psst. Hey buddy. This is a dead draw, but if we draw we both get zero points. Give me 5 bucks and I will resign for you...its all the same to me."
Of course that's a problem. Any system where draws give less points (as a sum) than a win have that one, and any system where wins give less points than a draw encourages draws.
It's still better than
TD : "Psst. Hey buddy. That last move looked drawing to me. Gimme 50 bucks, or you are out of the tournament. For a hundred more, your opponent is out."
How exciting, ill be looking forward to seeing some games from that tournament.
No you won't.