1. Standard memberSteve45
    Mozart
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    23 Aug '15 12:051 edit
    Why do we have a 3 points for a win system here on RHP, when it,s a 1 point for a win in Grandmaster Tournaments? And would anyone else like that system implemented here?
    Cheers
    Steve
  2. SubscriberAspasia
    Old Frog
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    23 Aug '15 19:10
    Interesting question - I entered RHP because it´s an interetsing site - and habituation let me live with the 3point rule. But: I think it would be better to have the 1 point rule here...
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    23 Aug '15 21:05
    Yes, I agree. (Partially for a selfish reason. I often 'come in second' in tournaments by giving up draws.)
  4. e4
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    23 Aug '15 22:42
    It was possibly brought in to encourage enterprising play.

    I suppose if you went back through 'Site Ideas' you might find someone
    putting forward the idea and it being accepted.
  5. Standard memberRed Night
    RHP Prophet
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    24 Aug '15 00:10
    The guys that started the site knew more about soccer than chess.
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    25 Aug '15 11:19
    1 point for a win and half for a draw is "just" a convention, matter of habbit.

    In some early tournaments /London, maybe, I don't have time to google now/ it was 1/3rd for a draw.

    "It is not fair that 2 draws are valued equally as 1 win" - that was the reason they introduced 3 pts in football (soccer), and it was often favourable suggestion by many GMs, also Fischer.

    I like it, 3 pts for win, it punishes quick draws, favours attackers and those who play to the "naked Kings".
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