Three-Move Draw Scoring
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A modest proposal: in a game in which no player is FIDE rated 2000+, fewer than 36 moves have been made, and a three-move draw occurs, the player who is up material is assessed a loss. If the material score is even, both players are assessed a loss.
Reasoning: move draws are important in high-level chess but a waste of time and learning opportunity for average and learning players. Every single chess game could end in a move draw within ten moves. Disincentivizing move draws forces non-expert players to actually learn to play chess instead of sucking out of games and wasting everyone's time.
There are positions where someone could be down material but the game is a win or draw. e.g: