On Apr 7, 2010, at 1:52 AM, Erik van der Werf wrote: > I suspect that if one would do a study to find the optimal statistical > komi (for balancing the probability of winning with equal strength > players) we would find that it decreases with board size and increases > with playing strength.
It's hard to see a simple rule. With komi being 7 or 9 for 19x19 and probably 7 for 9x9. I wouldn't be surprised if 13x13 is higher than either. And komi 9 for 3x3 and 25 for 5x5 (by your own proof). You're probably right for boards bigger than 19x19, although they may all have the same komi as 19x19. Mark _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
