On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 09:01 -0800, terry mcintyre wrote: > Why 7.5 points komi on a 9x9 board? The consensus at > http://senseis.xmp.net/?HandicapForSmallerBoardSizes seems to be that 5.5 > points komi would be fair on a 9x9 board. >
Hi Terry, I studied a few hundred thousand games from CGOS, the 9x9 computer game server and it appears that 7.5 is the correct komi. When weaker programs play, 7.5 gives a slight advantage but that all indicates that 7.5 is correct. When random programs play, 5.5 gives about even chances. - Don > Terry McIntyre > UNIX for hire > software development / systems administration / security > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Nick Wedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: computer-go <computer-go@computer-go.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 2, 2007 8:50:38 AM > Subject: [computer-go] January KGS online computer Go Tournament > > The January 2007 KGS computer Go tournament will be next Sunday, January > 7th, in the European evening and American morning, starting at 17:00 UTC > and ending at about 23:00 UTC. > > The Formal division will be six-round Swiss, and use 9x9 boards with 28 > minutes sudden death, Chinese rules, and 7.5 points komi. The Open > division will be four-round Swiss, and use 13x13 boards with 43 minutes > sudden death, Chinese rules, and 7.5 points komi. There are details at > http://www.gokgs.com/tournInfo.jsp?id=262 and at > http://www.gokgs.com/tournInfo.jsp?id=263. > > Clean-up at the end of the game is now supported. If your bot does not > support clean-up, it risks losing won games to a bot that does support > it. To avoid this, you should either arrange for your bot to support > clean-up, or for it to capture all dead enemy stones before it passes. > > Registration is now open. To enter, please read and follow the > instructions at > http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/how/index.html. The rules are given at > http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/rules.html. > > Nick _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
