1867, Carlsen, no opening, no draw chess

To start with 4 facts:

1. Recently, Carlsen complained that preparing for openings is becoming increasingly difficult: "It used to be much easier, but now it has become much more difficult because people have found more or less forced lines in most openings. Even in the London System, you need a lot of preparation to play now. It used to be a line I played in classical if I didn't want to prepare or if nothing else worked—I thought I always had the London as a backup. Now you can't do that anymore."

2. The match for the world champion in checkers, ended in 1863 with 40 draws. In 1867, the first checkers match was played with selected openings. There are currently 156 selected three-move openings for tournament play: https://www.usacheckers.com/threemoveopeninglist.php

3. When I was a kid (in the 80's), in my now non-existent country (Czechoslovakia) they used to play chess correspondence tournaments between kids in schools. Because the tournaments had to be played during the school year, there was an effort to speed up the moves. From a prepared list where there were dozens of long variations, the first player chose 5, the second player chose one of those five and moved his first move.

4. There are openings on tcec (https://tcec-chess.com/articles/Sufi_23_-_Sadler.pdf) that are balanced to be something between a win and a draw. 

The main idea:

A set of openings (hundreds to thousands) will be prepared that are computer rated to some advantage for White. For example, +0.8. Before the game, players will draw an opening to start the game with. If the game ends in a draw for black, it will be considered a win for black. 

Advantages:
- no need to learn and prepare variations
- white will not have an advantage
- it is possible to organise KO tournaments
- online viewing of the matches will be more interesting because White "has" to win.