Re: "Kasparov Retails Title on a Draw": Does this headline do anything

Mike Murray wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:39:28 -0700, "J.D. Walker"
> <j.d.walker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> 
>> How would the following work out?
> 
>> White win = +1
>> Black win = +1.11
>> White draw = .45
>> Black Draw = .50
> 
> 
> Looks good.  As a side benefit, I'd guess that it would cut back the
> number of times tie-breakers would need to be applied.
> 
> How do you think this would impact Swiss pairings?

The idea seems to need more thought for competitions where the number of 
Whites versus Blacks are unevenly distributed.  I am going to bow out of 
that aspect of the discussion, as I know little about Swiss system 
pairings.  Even so, it looks good for matches, all-play-all round robin 
events, and knock-out mini-match tournaments provided they give equal 
access to White and Black.  We see a lot of those types of competitions 
at high levels today.
-- 

"Do that which is right..."

Rev. J.D. Walker