Sunday, October 09, 2011

[yxttfqtu] Simuls or blitzes after a grandmaster draw

At a prestigious tournament, two chess players, both being paid appearance fees, agree to a short grandmaster draw, much to the frustration of fans.

I do not consider a short draw a bad result for a game, and no steps should be taken to prevent it.

But to appease fans, the tournament organizers require draws less than 2 hours to be followed by blitz games between them to round out the two hours, whose results do not count other than for pride.  The entertainers must work at least two hours.

Or, they may play simultaneous exhibitions with fans in leftover time.  Or, if there are no fans physically present, simuls over the internet.

This will probably work because short draws are somewhat unhappy to the players also, who continue to play the game at such a high level because of some love of playing the game.