In message <85bf1f3d394747e0b5b6383a2f34b...@homepc1d6062ef>, Aja
<[email protected]> writes
I couldn't find the article again where I read that 20 - 30 points
was an accepted value for the first move.
If you mean 19x19 and the first move is played in the corner, then its
value is around 10 points.
I think it's closer to 14 points.
That's why we generally regard 1 stone handicaped = 10 points.
Those who regard each handicap stone as worth 10 points are, I believe,
mistaken. The first handicap stone is worth the same as the correct
komi, and each subsequent handicap stone is worth twice the correct
komi.
But if the first move is played in the center or the edge, then its
value is lower than 10 points. So, actually the value of the first move
depends on the location it is played.
I believe that an opening move on, say, a 4-4 point is worth about 14
points. An opening move on a 4-10 or a 10-10 point may be worth
slightly less (though I have seen no convincing evidence of this), but
still more than 10 points.
Nick
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