Based on some research I've done, it does make some sense to give some
compensation for handicap stones, because it makes it match Japanese
and without it, the kyu system is not balanced. I have doubts that
it's
perfectly balanced anyway, but that's a different subject.
So I think we will include this in our handicap server. I want to make
it as unambiguous as possible. There are some ways to handle
this:
1. The program must know how to make the compensation.
OR
2. The server adds the stones to komi and the program pretends
there is no such thing as compensation - it's just built in
to komi.
OR
3. We have a GTP command to handle it. (presumably there is no
specific gtp command to deal with it.
OR
any suggestions?
The basic idea (which matches KGS) is that if you give a 4 stone
handicap, white gets 4 stones of compensation, as if komi has
increased by 4.
- Don
On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 09:28 +0100, Magnus Persson wrote:
> Quoting Christian Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Yes, in chinese rules you need to compensate white for the extra area
> > you gain from the actual stones. The handicap is only meant to be the
> > extra strength/stability.
> >
> > One can of course ignore this for the server. I just wanted to make
> > sure all programs use the same rules. I don't know what the
> > tromp-taylor rules says about it.
>
> Please, do use this compensation because KGS use it (correct me if I am wrong)
> and it would be very silly to make all programs buggy on at least on server.
> The compensation is there to make japanese and chinese give the same result in
> handicap games, which is very important to make the game consistent for all
> players no matter what background they have.
>
> -Magnus
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