On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Erik van der Werf <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Nick Wedd <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I announced earlier that I would be using integer komi of 7 for the 9x9 KGS >> bot tournaments this year. I have changed my mind, I will use half-integer >> komi throughout. This is not an ideal decision, it is a pragmatic one. > > Too bad, I think 7 komi would have been interesting. > > I suppose there is no hope of persuading you to try 6.5 komi + > Japanese rules... :-) > I would not choose the Japanese rules. but the almost equivalent Ikeda Area Rules 3: http://gobase.org/studying/rules/ikeda/?sec=e_rules The first pass is a bonus for the player but also these rules allows playing out till all stones are alive There is a difference that "eyes " in seki's count. but i think that natural komi is a better step to do first _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
