George Duke wrote on Fri, Apr 18, 2008 04:15 PM UTC:
Draws in Chess would not optimally be expected to be as infrequent as a
Deadheat in thoroughbred horse racing, occurring less than 0.5% of the
time. Neither should we require several sudden-death ''extended
times'' to get an outcome 95% the time. Infrequent Draws are to be
tolerated. The right technique, i.e. Rules-set tack-ons, to reduce Draws
to acceptable level (usually 1% to 10%) depends on the game. Draws in
Rococo might benefit from the following novelty, entailing strict 100-move limit: if no capture of Rococo King by move 100, either player may declare
''DRAW'' precisely at that milestone. It would be brand-new Draw
criterion never used before. Many CVs have not determined requisite mating material, especially those CVs never yet played, even by inventors. If no
one knows minimum mating material, that standard has to be used with
extreme caution.