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>> End result is world championships like the last one of all draws, which was just pathetic.

Yeah, this sucks. We've reached local maxima.

If it becomes too boring, the rules might be modified. Castling and en-passant were not always a given.

Something simple like a draw is 1/4 point for white, 3/4 point for black, might re-invigorate matches in classical format.

Or that if a player offers to draw, and the other player declines and goes on to win, they shall be offered 2x points.

I do wonder though, in a drawn situation, can't one player push for a win if they are ahead on time, which one of the players is sure to be? Why would anyone accept a draw if they are ahead on time?

Are you suggesting that one player could win by running out the clock? Classical gives players 30 more seconds after each move so it becomes unlikely to run out the clock.

I've invented several chess variants, none any good except for one which allowed you to take your own pieces. Seemed pretty good. Inevitably it's been done before https://www.chessvariants.com/difftaking.dir/selfeliminator.... So there's my offer for a new variant.

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