Should I change the CGOS komi to 6.5? It seems like just a few months ago people were trying to make a case that 7.5 is too low - but perhaps I'm remembering this incorrectly?
It's it pretty clear that 6.5 is better I could change it in CGOS. I can also take a few minutes to calculate the win percentage for each color. Don On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Erik van der Werf <[email protected] > wrote: > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Jeff Nowakowski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 07/22/2010 11:49 AM, Erik van der Werf wrote: > >> > >> IMO it has been clear for quite some time now that White has a > >> significant advantage at high levels. It seems the main reason for > >> still using 7.5 komi in 9x9 Go is just that KGS cannot handle other > >> values under Chinese rules... > > > > I know that you have mentioned in the past that it's extremely likely > that > > the perfect-player komi is odd under area-scoring rules, so what would > you > > propose instead? > > Well, first of all I think in normal games players should be free to > chose any komi they like. Of course for rated games there may be some > restrictions but on KGS those don't apply to 9x9 anyway (9x9 games are > not rated). > > For 9x9 computer go tournaments I would propose to use either komi of > 6.5 or 7.0. > That way at least it's not a clear disadvantage to play first. > > > > Is the problem with the KGS implementation or Chinese (area-scoring) > rules > > in general? > > KGS implementation, area rules in general are ok, especially for > computer go tournaments because they make it easy to resolve disputes. > > > > Are you saying that Japanese (territory-scoring) rules are more > > fine-grained, and that 6.5 komi would result in a winning percentage > closer > > to 50% among top programs? > > Well, I may have made an argument like that before, but I'm not sure > about the winning percentage of 6.5 vs 7.5 especially under territory > scoring. I do however think that, especially once you get to the level > where it is often about getting the last point, territory scoring is > more interesting than area scoring. > > > > Or do you have in mind some other form of area-scoring rules? > > Maybe add a button (see http://senseis.xmp.net/?ButtonGo) > > Erik > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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