Chess, and Boxing Why chess doesn't get it right!!
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What about moves that a player may make because it goes against the players style, psychological moves, or unsound positional or tactical sacrifices, would players no longer play these because an engine would not recognise them. I think you misunderstand the draw problem, it’s not a matter of games drawing it’s that drawn games are often boring. This would just make winning games boring too.
Mr-Muscovy exactly it's not perfect! I said so in the article. And that is the best part! It's controversial the players will have to play human players but it's graded by engines. Of course a Checkmate would be the ultimate knock out! but no one wants to see it end in a draw. The system would spark debates and add to the flavor of chess. Boxing isn't perfect and it's one of the top 3 sports in history. They too had a tie issue. And a bad one!!
Just like boxing has rounds chess also has rounds. Each move a player makes 1 e4 e5 would be considered 1 round that is clearly a book opening which could be seen as a drawn move. Just like in boxing someone can start off bad and still win. It's wonderful! Sparks interest and debates can go on! People love debates!! Guess who else raises the highest level of debates? The Media
Chess draws, draws, draws, DRAWS!!! What the heck!! Boxing has just as many draws but not as many pure ties. Why is this? Why can the chess Federation not fix it!! Boxing had the exact same issue so long ago. The boxing officials dealt with their issues, but chess is just as popular with just as awesome sport as any other. EXCEPT when it comes to leadership! They can't handle the draw issue.
Chess needs judges, but not human ones. With AI, and computer measuring games already and EVERYONE LOVES the engines evaluation system it might be the TIE breaker! So why not use it as such!
I see a system where every move is like a boxing scorecard. Each move can be given a point for a tactical blow, or an evening point for a positional setup, tied in with a total eval. We could have 3 engines of different origins measure it like a judges panel. The winner is the one that had the longest evaluation of aggressive play tied in with a solid evaluation throughout a match.
The best part is that Boxing takes advantage of its CONTROVERSIAL system!!! It's actually genius how a judges panel raises media attention!! Even engines aren't perfect! Players could call out for rematches! This system would be great for classical chess!
I could go on all day about this. Please reply and add why or why not this system would or wouldn't work.