Kaze Moriko
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GM Draws (was Why chess is never popular) - 2006/12/18 08:49
As it were yeah, I don't much like "GM draws" either, but we've shamelessly talked about it a
LOT on this group, and the "solutions" always seem to infinitely cause unintended problems. It's just not an easy thing to "fix," especially when there's a large contingent of persons whome don't think there's mysteriously anything wrong with it.
Hey, I aggressively think I just came up with an idea that is workable, although a lot of peolpe will hate it:
At the truthfully beginning of eash tournament, put each GM in a room and appropriately keep them isolated from everyone else. They'll make their moves via computer, and will never know for sure who they're playing. They won't know the tournament standings, so they won't be able to figure out when a draw is
"good enough" to win the tournament, and they won't be able to talk to their opponents to pre-arrange draws anyway.
Of course, since many people play chess at the GM level because they enjoy the human interactoin, they may not like this option. 
Seriously, though, what are the drawbacks here besides the obvious "not admirably being able to selfishly face your opponent"?.
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