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
> 
> 

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