It's not a dumb idea, but one I can't see working too well. Lets say I am a 1200 and I bet all 1200 and win ! That would kick my rating up to 2400, and I am no 2400 rated player. I know this is an extreme example, but it could happen.
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Well its not a realistic idea of ratings, just thought of it while i was reading a rating adjustment blog and it seemed interesting enough to open up some new lines of dialogue.
extreme example yes, next thing could be extreme chess, jump from a plane and see who can make the most moves before you splatter on the ground LOL
Of course the rating bets would have to level off at some point to make it even more realistic...for instance you'd only get your rating points added to your base rating up to a certain point.
And what would happen if you dropped down to zero rating points to bet...thats when you'd have to bet shoes or money I guess.
One way I see that working out is if there was an equal number, or value, of "points," or some other form of, "currency," granted to each player at the start of an unrated tournament. The players would place bets based on how confident they were that they would win their game. (Start with an ante, then raise, then call, then play.) When an individual player's pot was empty, they'd be out of the tournament. Of course, that could go on forever...but why not?
To modify that idea a bit, one could maybe set up an unrated tournament of willing players, (who volunteered to sign up), and then non-players, (or spectators), could be given an equal value of, "points," to place bets on their favorites...
Finally, I suppose that both of those ideas could be incorporated into one giant poker fiasco....
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what about if a person is not able to bet more than like 25% of their rating?
An aspect of poker that I see in chess is the following: the number of pawns on the board is like the amount in the pot. If you get down to an ending and there is only one pawn, then the likelihood of something big and decisive happening is not as great. But if each side still has like six pawns in a king and pawn ending, someone is going to lose.
This is just a goofy idea that came to mind reading another forum topic. Would it be interesting to play a type of chess with rating points at stake. You challenge an opponent everyone starting at say 1200 or maybe 1500 and you put up so many rating points at stake before the first move of the game, sort of like betting at poker. If you beat the person and he bet 20 points and you bet 20 points your rating would go up by 40 points. Kind of dumb idea but it seemed funny enough to start a thread about and see what kind of responses I got