[ajkjk]

I really doubt (3) and (4). I think most chess players would agree that the draw-ish nature of high level play is boring and uninspiring, and that careful preparation of openings dozens of moves deep isn't the interesting part of the game.

[throwaway4007]

I assure you that drawish games are only boring on the part of the spectators, not on the part of the players. People often struggle epically to catch that half-point, it doesn't feel boring at all when playing from the inside. There are many records of epic draws between titans where both sides played incredibly accurately - see Alekhine - Reti or Korchnoi - Topalov off the top of my mind.

And as I said, people rarely if ever prepare openings 'dozens of moves' deep at all but the absolute top level play.

At this point you have to choose if you want chess to cater to competitive chess players (who are mostly content with the rules as they are) or amateur spectators and organizes (who want to see blood).