Re: Fischer's death again begs the question: Why is there no chess on TV now?

Quoting  David Kane <davidekane@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
>"David Damerell" <damerell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>>Who's tossing this coin and communicating the decision to all the
players
>>in considerably less than a minute, none of whom will blab or decline to
>>participate in the fiddle?
>I think it would be in principle no more difficult for a soccer team to
pull
>this off without suspicion than it would be for chess players.

Obviously it is just as easy for 22 players (plus the actual coinflippers)
some of whom are of limited intelligence to keep a secret as it is for
two.

>The point is that the current scoring system produces collusion
>in chess that nobody disputes. It *is* part of chess' tradition to
>have unplayed draws. While I might grant that people should be on the
>look out for these far-fetched theoretical possibilities that Mr.
>Richerby raises, they should not be considered as serious
>objections absent *any* sup****ting evidence.

As far as I can make out, this says "because chess players collude today
when the scoring system means it is to their mutual advantage, it is
ridiculous to suggest they would do so when a different scoring system had
such a consequence".
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David Damerell <damerell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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