Den 2007-09-23 14:42:30 skrev Chess One :

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But for most players, chess is so far from being played-out, or
draw-infested, that no changes are necessary. In fact, very few people can
even trot out the first dozen moves of relatively popular lines.

I think you address a real problem, Mat, but changing the way the game is
played to accommodate top GMs seems less acceptable to the great majority of
players, than fiddling with the time controls or with the scoring.

Cordially, Phil Innes


But computers have ousted the masters. I can set up a tournament on my
computer between engines which generates better chess than most
tournaments in the world, and they will play perfectly in the openings, and
endgames up to 6-pieces. What's the point, then, in including chess in the
Olympic games? The chessmaster has lost his status, and he will continue
to lose status and creative freedom as the computers are designing the
remaining openings and endgames. We have a problem on the horizon.
I would like to play email chess, but half of my opponents are cheating by
using computers, at least intermittently. Had we played chess variants, or
used a swapping pawn move, then they couldn't cheat. So it's not a
problem only to the grandmasters. I also feel that modern people think that
chess is a little slow and tedious. Adding flavour to the game could be
worthwhile. The swapping pawn assists the king attack as pawns are
harder to block.

Mats