On Mar 12, 10:40 am, "David Kane" <davidek...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> What is clearly wrong is characterizing a scoring system
> as a "penalty". Obviously both players face the same
> "penalty". Just about the only certain change we could
> expect for certain would be a sharp reduction in the numbers
> of uncontested or barely contested draws.
I sincerely doubt that. Chess is a draw prone game. If there were
any conceivable way to achieve a "sharp reduction" in the frequency of
draws, it would have been done a long time ago.
You want to sharply reduce the frequency of draws? Play a robust game
- like Tanbo for example.
