On 07/23/2010 08:02 AM, Erik van der Werf wrote:
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).
Is this just a problem with the robot protocol on KGS? Under the human interface, you're given an option to change komi after a challenge if you use Custom Game.
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.
Early on, I did some preliminary testing for supporting draws under monte carlo, using the obvious idea of treating the draw as a half a win. The bots would often go for the draw, even if there was an obvious winning move. I didn't spend any further time on it, but if 7 really is the right komi for 9x9, I suspect the games would turn into a draw-fest.
Intuitively, I would suspect that moving to 6.5 komi would just unbalance the game the same amount in the other direction, but maybe that isn't the case.
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