On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 7:17 PM, John Tromp <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 12:35 PM, steve uurtamo <[email protected]> wrote: >> but they might be most fair. > > Only when there is ample evidence that the integer komi is in fact the > perfect-play "true" komi.
By definition of the scoring procedure the perfect-play komi must be integer. The only question is *which* integer? Due to the low probability of final positions with seki and an odd number of neutral (non-scoring) intersections, for area scoring (which is used at the olympiad) even number komi is far less likely to be optimal on an odd-surface board size (so this pretty much rules out 6.0 and 8.0). > I'd say we have such evidence for 7x7, but certainly not for 9x9. There is of course no proof yet, but all statistics are IMO quite clearly pointing in the direction of 7.0 as the optimal komi; it is certainly the one that currently provides the most balanced winning ratio. (and btw, once we get that proof there really isn't much point in having such 9x9 tournaments any more anyway, right?). Perhaps needless to say, but I'm also in favor of lowering the komi. I'd really love to see a return to 6.5 komi combined with territory scoring (Steenvreter has supported that for years but I never had the chance to try it in a real tournament). However, given the difficulties some may have implementing Japanese style rules, I'd be quite happy with 7.0 komi also. Erik _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
