Is it believed that 7.0 is the correct komi for Chinese rules on 9x9? Don
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Jeff Nowakowski <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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