Re: The "swap rule" in chess...

Dvd Avins wrote:
> "The Doctor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > David J Bush wrote:
> >
> > > It may not be the fault of the swap rule, but the percentage of draws in
> > > master level games would almost certainly increase all the same, if one-
> > > move equalization is used. Do you propose other rule changes to reduce
> the
>
> > > incidence of draws?
> >
> > How about simply not allowing draws anymore?
>
>
> And I suppose if the crops are bad, you propose to simply not allow droughts
> anymore?

So you compare changing the rules of a boardgame to changing nature?
Kindof odd.

I see people use all kinds of houserules to all kinds of boardgames all 
the time, I don't see people amending nature and changing the weather 
all the time.

SOmehow your comparison is flawed.

Scratch one rule out of the ruleset of chess, the draw. Games will 
possibly get longer.

COme to think of it, you may just need to remove the agreed draw, some 
of the draws are technical (like ending up with just two kings). But 
removing the agreed draw will put an end to a lot of them.

//Doc.

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