Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To chris wrote on Mon, Jun 5, 2006 11:18 PM EDT:Interestingly eenough, I bought a copy of 'The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal' (Hope I spelled his name correctly). He claimed he played in a Tournament where for a win a player received 60 Francs, for a draw for a draw, a player only got 25 francs, and even got a consolation of 10 francs for losing. He commented in his book at how much more intense the battles were because you were rewarded less for 2 draws than one win. He also claimed that there was a lot more games that ended decisively. I have since lost this book. If anyone out there still has it, check it out. Maybe the real solution is to financially reward wins better than 2 draws. What do you think? Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID Point Systems does not match any item.