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Jianying Ji wrote on Sat, Apr 19, 2008 12:24 PM UTC:
To avoid rehashing stuff, read following, especially the article list at
the end.

http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4553

The question is how to incentive players to play for win in all
circumstances? After all, a draw in pursuit of a win is no shame, but to
not try at all is a letdown for all.

For variant creators the question is what kind of rules encourages players
to play for win?