Quadibloc wrote:
On Apr 21, 7:29 pm, "J.D. Walker" wrote:
I like the idea of giving White .45 of
the point and Black .55 of the point.

That is one way of modifying Chess, and it might encourage White to
play for the win, since then, if by doing so he took chances, so that
his chance of winning compared to Black's was not so large, getting
away from Black's extra fraction of a point for the draw would offset
that.

My "Dynamic Scoring" idea takes that one step further, as well as
partly turning it inside-out. Instead of having White encouraged to
play to win, and Black encouraged to play to draw, I wanted to
encourage *both* players to play to win.

Also, I wanted to make draws less likely. Giving both players 1/3 of a
point for a draw has been proposed for that - but that has its own
problems.

I have no problem with fighting draws. To me, they are good chess.

So I came up with what I describe on

http://www.quadibloc.com/chess/ch0103.htm

where I let people win a few points with stalemate, bare King, or even
perpetual check, and give Black extra points for those, but not for a
draw, so that Black is encouraged to try to win something, and White
is encouraged to go all the way for checkmate.

I prefer the concept of keeping it simple.
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"Do that which is right..."

Rev. J.D. Walker