>> 2x2 : Draw, both with super ko rule or simple ko. B+1 under area rules and superko.
>> 4x4 : Dificult, but I think is a draw with japanese rules B+2 under area rules and superko. >> 6x6 : Probably white can live and black wins but less than 24 points B+4 under area rules and superko. >> Bigger than 6x6 looks like 8 or 9 is near correct komi for odd boards >> (7x7, 9x9, 13x13, 19x19 etc.), but I suspect it will increase very slowly >> for >> bigger boards (much bigger than 19x19). >> >> I believe that small boards are not representative, because odd numbers >> are much better for black than even numbers, and because when white >> can hardly live, the bigger the board the bigger the territory black can >> take. >> >> Five points of komi on 19x19 looks extremely low, more in the 7-10 range. > > It would not surprise me if the value that I believe it asymptotically > approaches is not that low - for instance it may be something like 7-10 for > 19x19 but perhaps it will never drop much below that even on 1019x1019 > boards. I doubt that komi converges. There will be a liminf (i would guess between 5 and 7) and a limsup (i would guess between 7 and 9), and i'm pretty sure liminf < limsup... They may also depends on the rules. And for Japanese rules, they may not even be well defined, since players have to avoid triple ko to get a result, so perfect komi is not necessarily defined for every boardsize. regards, -John _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
