Norway Chess 2019: Armaggedon After Every Draw!
While looking up links for the Hikaru Nakamura vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave match I spotted a couple of interesting stories on the Chess.com website. Here's the first: the 2019 Altibox Norway Chess tournament will try something different. Games will be worth two points each, and if a player wins they get two points and nothing for a loss. But a draw is not worth one point. It's worth half a point, and will be followed up by an Armageddon game with the same colors that gives an additional point to the winner (or to Black in case of a draw).
The time control for the Armageddon game isn't given (or at least I didn't see it), but the "normal" game will be faster than usual: game in two hours, with no delay, increment, or secondary time control. The Armageddon games apparently won't be FIDE rated, regardless of the time control.
This strikes me as a solution in need of a problem (check out the link above for discussion and reaction), but hey, it's all about bread and circuses.