"Harold Buck" wrote in message news:no_one_knows-

Well, pre-arranged 12-move draws are boring.

Absolutely, and unethical.


And I think the whole "we hate draws, let's get rid of them" thing is
fueled by that fact that they are prevalent despite being unethical. If
FIDE could swing a big enough stick to make them cut it out, then there
would be far less compaining about draws.


Notice that FIDE championships are made to get rid of prearranged draws. In
the matches there should be winners and losers.

A different situation is in closed tournaments. Do you call Anand`s short
draw (14 moves) in the last round in Wijk aan Zee event unethical and boring
? Thanks to the quick draw he secured the first prize. So it was an element
of his tournament strategy. If you want to get rid of prearranged and quick
draws completely then just incorporate the FIDE scheme to all tournaments.
It will be effective and spectacular to the audience ;-)

Regards,
Jerzy