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In computer chess, they're already changing the opening position in order to get more decisive games. I think that would be a better approach to saving classic
by DarylZero 5y ago
In computer chess, they're already changing the opening position in order to get more decisive games. I think that would be a better approach to saving classical chess than changing the winning conditions.
The opening theory of the past wouldn't work with different winning conditions anyway.
- dragontamer 5y ago> The opening theory of the past wouldn't work with different winning conditions anyway. Black is going for Stalemate right now, because its well known that Black is at a minor disadvantage against White. White is going for win. So opening theory won't change too much. It just formalizes the principle that Black will want to explicitly "draw" (by calling Stalemates a draw). ---------- Armageddon chess has demonstrated that "all draws are black-wins" is too much of an advantage however. The next best step is to take the 4 draw conditions (stalemate, insufficient material, 3-move repetition, 50-move rule) and divvy the 4-draw conditions up between black-and-white to better balance the game towards 50/50 chance.
- DarylZero 5y agoWhite is generally OK with a draw, though, and can e.g. sacrifice material for an attack or take other risks if there is a forced draw in case the attack fails.