I'm wondering if I should have set 7.5 for 19x19. Someone posted that 6.5 for Japanese, 7.5 for Chinese. I currently have it set for 6.5 but that can easily be changed. I would rather be consistent with 7.5 unless it's clear that this is incorrect.
- Don On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 18:13 +0900, Darren Cook wrote: > > Does it make sense to use a komi of 7.5 for 13x13 and 19x19 under CGOS > > rules? > > I see you went with 7.5 for 13x13. I was about to suggest 8.5 but > changed my mind while writing this email. First evidence for 8.5 is > Robert Jasiek's comments (e.g. "I have observed that 8.5 komi for 13x13 > ... frequently lead to strategically demanding 0.5 games") here: > http://senseis.xmp.net/?HandicapForSmallerBoardSizes > > Second, Little Golem has used 8.5 for a few years, and this top > tournament has exactly 50-50 for black/white wins: > http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/tournament/tournament.jsp?trnid=go13.ch.10.1.1 > > However, the tournament after has 15 to black, 21 to white here: > http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/tournament/tournament.jsp?trnid=go13.ch.11.1.1 > > And the tournament before has 13 to black, 23 to white: > http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/tournament/tournament.jsp?trnid=go13.ch.9.1.1 > > So, it seems 8.5 komi may favour white. > > Darren > > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
