Re: Guy Macon's suggested changes to USCF/FIDE rules

Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com/> wrote:
The real question is whether one loss and one win should be assigned
*exactly * the same score as two draws. It is not clear to me why
they should be exactly the same

The argument that the guy has lost a game suggests he's done worse
than the player who scored two draws by some amount x; the symmetrical
argument that he's won a game suggests that he's done better by some
amount y. If x>y then losses are held to be more significant than
wins; if x<y then wins are more significant than losses. But how can
that be when every game that is one by one player is also lost by some
other player? This suggests that x=y but then the only way to score
the games is to have two draws be worth the same as a win and a loss.


Any thoughts on adopting the FIDE rules for actaully playing chess
(as opposed to the rules for running a tournament)?

I'm all for it. Different rules for handling time-scrambles (which
is, essentially, the only difference between FIDE and USCF rules, as
far as I'm aware) is the sort of thing that is liable to lead to
confusion just where it is needed least.

I note that the preface to the FIDE Laws states, ``A member federation
is free to introduce more detailed rules provided they [...] do not
conflict in any way with the official FIDE Laws of Chess.'' So I'm
not sure what the USCF is playing at, here, to be frank.

By the way, the FIDE rules (Article 11.1) on scoring only state that
``Unless announced otherwise in advance, a player who wins his game,
or wins by forfeit, scores one point (1), a player who loses his game,
or forfeits scores no points (0) and a player who draws his game
scores a half point (1/2).'' So there's no reason you can't run a
FIDE-rules tournament with any scoring rules you want, as long as you
tell the players in advance.


Dave.

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