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A proposal to reduce draws in chess

Recently I saw an idea to combine Chess 960 with the idea that threefold repetition, being stalemate, and being the first to be reduced to only the king left (in an otherwise drawn position) should only give ¼ points and your opponent gets ¾. Other draws, like 50-move rule, still give ½–½ as per usual and a win gives 1–0 as normal. To me this seems like a great idea to revitalize chess.