Bartek Macieja | September 07, 2011 0:10   Draw problem in chess
I have just read Jeff Sonas' article published on ChessBase.  I
have found it very interesting, however I regret that 2 things
have not been clarified:   I think it is worthy to add below the
third picture that:  a) The level of play of Top10 players
increases (for instance, in my opinion, Steinitz played more or
less at 2400 level, Capablanca and Alekhine about 2600), so we
expect that a number of draws should increase, as it is shown on
the second picture.  b) Chess is considered by the vast majority
of elite grandmasters to be a drawn game (of course no one can
prove it so far and will not be able soon). Taking into account
that the theory of openings develops, there is less and less
space for players to commit a mistake.  The same and for the
same reasons we should observe for Top100.   Trying to compare
the percentage of draws before move 25 (Picture 6) is very
tricky for at least 2 reasons:  a) Nowadays in many tournaments
it is not allow