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Presumably the reason for changing the rules is to limit the number of draws, because wins and losses are more exciting. As he mentions, high level, full length
by cjlars 7y ago
Presumably the reason for changing the rules is to limit the number of draws, because wins and losses are more exciting. As he mentions, high level, full length chess has a rather disappointing percent of games ending in a draw. However, he doesn't even show that alphazero produces less draws in this variant (even the example game is a draw through repetition!). It may be interesting because it's different, but I don't really think Kramnik successfully argues that it's any better.
- pmoriarty 7y agoYeah, I'd just make a draw an automatic win for Black, who is normally considered to be playing with a slight disadvantage as compared to White, who has the slight advantage of making the first move.
- jacobolus 7y agoAt the top level chess is too easy for either player to force into a draw-like position for this to be fair. If you added some additional advantage for white (e.g. only white can castle) it might work. Having a game where one player always tries to win and the other player always tries to draw might not really be the effect you want though.