it might not be too hard to find out in practice -- just let players bid for komi on boardsizes that have been solved. it might take them a few thousand games to get used to the teeny-tiny board sizes, but... ;)
s. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Don Dailey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Perfect komi is most likely to be 5, 7 or 9 points but nobody has a >> proof for the true value of the empty 19x19 board (but even if it was >> known it might not be the right value for balancing fallible players). > > Indeed this seems likely to me. In other games where the believed game > theoretic value is draw, it is known that one side has a definite practical > advantage. But of course with infallible players a draw is a draw is a > draw - there is no difference. > > > Don > > > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
