>> No one mentioned Korean professionals. But, as far as I know, a Japanese >> 7p should be able to give a Japanese 1p 2 stones and win 50% of the >> time. Roughly. > > I don't agree. Japanese Professinals' ranks never decrease.
Hi, Are we talking about different things? All I meant to say was that I thought in Japanese professional ranks that one rank is worth a third of a handicap stone. So when there are 6 ranks difference then two handicap stones should give an even game. I also think a 1-dan Japanese professional is equivalent to about a 7-dan amateur. So, going back to the original 7 handicap against a 4p situation, then if it is an even game it implies black is about 1 dan (Japanese). With all the usual disclaimers about the large error margin on a sample of just 1 game :-). Darren -- Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer http://dcook.org/mlsn/ (English-Japanese-German-Chinese-Arabic open source dictionary/semantic network) http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles) _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
