Bring back (something like) Kasparov's version of freestyle chess

[SteveTFC]

I understand that Kasparov promoted a type of "freestyle" chess where teams of people plus engines played other teams. Maybe this type of chess has never vanished, but it isn't as publicized as the current meaning of "freestyle" chess, which (as I understand it) has to do with randomized initial placement of the pieces.

I suppose the Kasparov style produces too many draws. It could be livened up by using point scoring - similar to the way contract bridge livened up older card games. Perhaps each time it is a player's turn to move the player should be required to bet 1 point that he can predict the opponents next move and record his prediction secretly. If the player is correct, he wins 1 additional point. If he isn't then the opponent gets 1 additional point. That would reward a player that didn't always follow the best engine line. There has to be some reward in points for winning the game -otherwise a player might choose to play only bad moves in order to be unpredictable. If there is a 50 move limit on games, the bonus for winning the game could be 50 points. A player trying to be unpredictable by playing bad moves would probably loose in less than 50.

The scoring of contract bridge (which keeps the game interesting) is complicated, so I suppose the above proposal would require a lot of tweaking. Maybe the bonus could be 50 + ( 50 - (the number of moves in the game)). That would reward winning quickly.