Re: Chess evolves...


"Quadibloc" <jsavard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Oct 19, 7:13 am, "Chess One" <OneCh...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Can a bit of greed be fixed? You and I could tell people that cramming
openings limits their potential at chess, but what they do about it is up
to
them. Most people want an easy route to success, even if the success
remains
a modest one. That is their choice.

I have _no_ faith in fixing people's behavior by preaching at them -
so I want to *modify the rules* so that the right

oh, please...!

behavior is driven,

i do hope you are not saying you are not preaching, then immediately say
what is right for others!

[pardon me, election season here in usa, and the air is pretty thick with
such sophisticated material]

"as if by an invisible hand", by the efforts of the players to win as
often as possible.

If people take the cheapest route to a bit of success, do they /really/
think this sustains long-term benefits? It seems to me to be their choice
for one or the other, but what has that to do with changing the rules?

That is a 'moving the goalposts' argument.

Phil Innes

John Savard


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