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>It's not hard to create a version of Chess without so many draws at
>the top level. You could use a 10x10 board for example and add a few
>more pieces. The game tree would be much more complex, perfect play
>would be much more difficult to approximate, and the draw rate would
>be dramatically reduced.
Would you need to go that far? Couldn't you just rule that stalemate
was a loss for the stalemated player? That would make a lot of K+P/K
endgames into wins for the player with the pawn.
Nick
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