Simple Rule Change For Better Chess

I've come to the opinion that the highest levels of chess can unfortunately be very theory deep and lacking in exciting attack and risk taking like chess of previous generations (such as that of Tal). Obviously such players still exist, but tournaments today seem to be more conservative for some reason. One extroadinarily simple change that can make tournaments much more conducive to exciting and innovative chess would be to change the point system.

I've always thought that players who were able to succesfully attack and win without advancing to the endgame had scored a higher victory. It takes extra risk and innovation to succesfully do that. So why not rewards it? How about awarding players who reach checkmate before the endgame 1.5 points. Additionally, the value for a draw can be reduced slightly, say to 0.4. The second rule does not necessarily need to be adopted. By "before the endgame", what I mean is if the player has not promoted a piece, or if the game has not yet reached it's 25th-35th move (this would need to be determined).

Now when would this be applied? I'm sure that the chess world would be up in arms if this was adopted everywhere, naturally. It could simply be tried out in special "attacking" tournaments. The result would surely be more innovation, adoption of more attacking lines and more exciting, aggressive chess. This certainly would not be universal, as I do appreciate long-term strategic games as well.

Thoughts?

There are 2 problems with that.

The first is, one shouldn't have to alter their style of play to win.  There is one goal in mind.  Checkmate the King.  It shouldn't make any difference whether you do it by grabbing a pawn on the Queenside, and using your majority to distract your pieces and then win down the middle, or if you have some stupid fireworks display where you find some cheeky mate.

The second problem is that what one defines as an endgame is subjective.  Some say a trade of Queens is an endgame.  I surely don't.  1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 is NOT an endgame

R+5P each is an endgame, but what about R+B+5P each?  What about R+2B+5P vs R+B+N+5P?  What about 2R+2B+3P each?

Also, one should play the best move every time.  There are times when the best move is to offer a queen trade.  If you think that a game is too boring or unplayable with the Queens off, take up Tic Tac Toe!

I think Chess960 might be up your alley.

I don't like this idea, because chess is as exciting as one is excited about it. Each person brings their own view, mood, perspective to a game of chess. For me, fast checkmates are not something I hope for when watching master games of chess. When I watch master chess games I'm still trying to figure out how to play chess.

some tournaments have been using the football scoring system. 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. this seems to give players an incentive to not play for a draw so much.

the london classic has been using it and is really exciting this year.

i like your rule, but lets make it more simple:

win before move 30 = 3 points

win after move 30 = 2 points

draw = 1 point

lose = 0 points

i think that would be good