On Apr 24, 2:39*pm, "J.D. Walker" wrote:

How would the following work out?

White win = +1
Black win = +1.11
White draw = .45
Black Draw = .50

This would seem to encourage wins, and make tied matches less likely.
It also tries to give Black a scoring edge to balance the first move
edge of White. *Maybe the exact scoring edge would need to be fine tuned....

At least the amount for a win is bigger than the amount for a draw;
this is good because normally each player in a match or tournament
spends half his time as White and half his time as Black. Which means
that if you subtract .05 from all the black scores, you get an
'equivalent' scoring scheme as far as motivating the players is
concerned in most cases. (Of course, in a Swiss, some players won't
get alternating colors, and so compensation for that is also an issue
- but a separate one from motivating behavior in the usual case.)

John Savard