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Steven DuCharme
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My idea...

Post by Steven DuCharme » Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:45 pm

If an uncastled player defeats a castled player the former should receive a scoring and or rating bonus. Agree?
I float like a pawn island and sting like an ignored knight :mrgreen:
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Re: My idea...

Post by Mike Truran » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:50 pm

No idea what you're talking about. Sorry!
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Re: My idea...

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:10 pm

No. Why would a player waste a move on castling?

1.f3 2.Kf2 3.Ke1 is the best!!(blink)
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Re: My idea...

Post by Roger de Coverly » Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:20 pm

Steven DuCharme wrote:If an uncastled player defeats a castled player the former should receive a scoring and or rating bonus. Agree?
It would be a chess variant if the scoring system rewarded those who didn't castle. As such it can be added to the long list of ideas representing tampering for the sake of it.

A couple of thoughts. The Berlin endgame after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8 Kxd8 is popular enough as it is. Why encourage it with a bonus?

The style of some players, I'm thinking of the younger David Howell, appears to have a bias in favour of not castling and indulging in hair raising king safety for the sake of the tempo loss in castling.
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Re: My idea...

Post by Jon Mahony » Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:55 pm

Half of Korchnoi’s games in the French alone would give him a rating over 4000 :D
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Re: My idea...

Post by Stewart Reuben » Thu Jun 25, 2015 7:17 pm

Steven >If an uncastled player defeats a castled player the former should receive a scoring and or rating bonus. Agree?<

NO.

Why tampr with Laws that have stood the test of time for so many years? If you want to make a change, why not place the White king on d1 and Black on e8. That changes all opening theory with just one minor change.
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Re: My idea...

Post by MJMcCready » Fri Jun 26, 2015 2:56 pm

It should be the other way around, if a castled player beats an uncastled player he should get a bonus because as we know 'Great players never castle'. They are so good, they don't need to castle...never actually met one though... .
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Re: My idea...

Post by Chris Rice » Sun Jun 28, 2015 5:22 am

Tweet from Radjabov: What happens when you do not castle : Nisipeanu-So 1-0 Dortmund Chess Tournament

Black should have castled queenside on move 12 instead of taking the knight. Nice game though.
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Re: My idea...

Post by MJMcCready » Sun Jun 28, 2015 10:04 am

Yes, I thought that too. Nice to see another victim of the Grand Prix Attack.
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Re: My idea...

Post by Steven DuCharme » Sun Jun 28, 2015 1:49 pm

Looks like he never had a prudent chance to castle imo
I float like a pawn island and sting like an ignored knight :mrgreen:
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