>From all we know so far it is most likely that perfect komi is 7.0. Even numbers lik 6.0 and 8.0 are unlikely because they always require a seki with an odd number of shared liberties (in all optimal lines!).
Since IMO the first player should have a chance to win it seems natural to set the komi 0.5 points *below* the perfect komi, which leads to 6.5. Further, I have a suspicion that 6.5 komi allows more diverse opening lines, which makes the game more interesting. Erik On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 1:35 AM, "Ingo Althöfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> I'd have some preference for playing the decisive game >> with komi = 6.5, but apparently thats not possible on KGS. > > But that should not be a problem, as long as the operators > do not believe in the final verdict of KGS. > >> I think with komi = 7.5 white >> is scoring very high (too high?) in the top games. > > I made a count for the 9x9-competition in Beijing (komi=7.5: > > Looking only at games among the top 5 rankers > there are 20 games so far (including two tiebreak-games) > with 15 wins for White and 5 Wins for Black. > > Looking at all games among the top 7 rankers > there are 40 games (including two tiebrak-games) > with 27 : 13 for White. > > Taking all 164 games of the tournament (including two > tiebrak games) White is ahead by 93:71. > > It is probably not an accident that the quota decrease > with decreasing playing strength: > > 15/20 > 27/40 > 93/164 or translated to decimals > 0.75 > 0.675 > 0.567. > > However, when B+7 is the correct value on 9x9, > komi=6.5 might lead into similar problems. > > Ingo. > > -- > Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: > http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
