On 12/28/06, Urban Hafner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(...)
>> Should we:
>>
>> 1. Give white N-1 stones at end of game. (where N = handicap)
>> 2. Give white N stones at end of game. (N = handicap)
>> 3. Give white N stones except handicap 1 case.
>> 4. Not worry about giving white anything but the appropriate
>> handicap stones.
>>
> I vote for 2 because that is what KGS does, and that is how I have
> implemented handicap in my program.
I'd vote for 2, too. Because that's the way (apparently) KGS does it
so it seems like a good idea not to have two different ways to handle
things out there.
Just to be precise: KGS does option 2 if you select chinese rules, and
it also does option 1 when you select AGA rules.
-- nando
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