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Re:Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship by thomasahle on Thursday December 01, 2016 @03:52AM (#13078129)
Both of the suggestions "Champion has draw odds" and "tiebreaks before the match" means that one player can just go on the defence for the duration of the match.

The only way to get both players to attack, that I've heard, is the classic "first to 6 wins" or some other number. In that version, no side ever wants to draw.

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Re:Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship by blowski on Thursday December 01, 2016 @06:53AM (#13078773)
Unless you're 5-0 down, so you just aim to draw repeatedly until it's declared a stalemate.
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Re:Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship by thomasahle on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:20AM (#13079875)
No, that's the point: The game continues until a player reaches 6 wins. If you're 5-0 down, you can either resign or play for 6 wins. Draws don't help you.
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Re:Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship by blowski on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:23AM (#13079903)
But if you keep forcing draws, it doesn't let your opponent reach 6 wins.
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Re:Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship by thomasahle on Thursday December 01, 2016 @06:20PM (#13084566)
Sure, but it can't be your strategy, since then you can never win either.
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Re:Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship by hyperpape on Thursday December 01, 2016 @09:25AM (#13079475)
A draw is half a point. So with first to 6.5, you win the match if you have one game win and 11 draws.
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Re:Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship by thomasahle on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:21AM (#13079881)
I'm talking about first to 6 wins. Like the 1984 Karpov vs. Kasparov: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=55015
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Re:Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship by hyperpape on Thursday December 01, 2016 @12:12PM (#13081107)
Ah, of course. Sorry for the mistake.
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Re:Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship by blowski on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:02AM (#13079747)
What if you just have 13 draws? If you award any kind of points for draws, it seems like you're back to people aiming to draw.
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