Helmuth - Ferguson Head Up Match Theory Question

[rakemeplz]

Shandax

Ummm what the hell wouldnt you just try to maximize your winning chances as compared to your losing chances and ignore all the draws every single game?

Hypothetically of course. Obviously you try to adjust your game use computers and all that. And yes if you kept drawing repeatedly youd be wasting far too much of your life on a chessboard so you do take some chances to increase variance...but theoretically you would not...anyways if you had a huge lead I'd tend to play even MORE conservatively at chess since you next win would be it and you could go home. Anyways I fail to see how any of your points disprove what sklansky has to say...draws are just draws and can be ignored hypothetically.

Anyways this argument just seems like a nitpick if you're arguing to decrease your winning chance in order to avoid draws.