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It could make sense to instead let the players bid for black (ie, winning draws), in units of time-differential, similar to this idea for auctioning off 1st pos
by gojomo 8y ago
It could make sense to instead let the players bid for black (ie, winning draws), in units of time-differential, similar to this idea for auctioning off 1st possession in a USA-Football overtime by starting yard-line:
https://slate.com/culture/2009/01/why-the-nfl-should-replace-the-overtime-coin-toss-with-an-auction-system.html https://slate.com/culture/2009/01/why-the-nfl-should-replace...
- dfan 8y agoThis has been tried (I think for some US Championship tiebreaks), and I like it a lot. If memory serves, the winning time bids for Black were quite low; people really value draw odds.