Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Nov 1, 2008 02:23 PM UTC:All games are 'scenarios in a larger framework'. This is why they are called 'variants'. The are all Chess, that is the framework. I don't think orthodox Chess has an excessive draw rate. 25-30% draws between equal players is quite reasonable. That the draw rate between GMs is much larger is again a result of the opening knowledge they have, which enable them to steer the game at a very early stage towards a dull position, in which not much can happen anymore, (to them), after wild, but totally pre-analyzed play. They could not do that without their opening book, as one of them would likely lose foot in the wild stage that now brings them to a known safe haven. Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID NextChess2 does not match any item.