Yes. This number is strongly dependent on strength and board size I
think. Very roughly speaking, you can argue as follows
1) in a 9x9 game, the weaker player has only 1/4 as many moves in
which to throw away the handicap advantage (compared to 19x19).
2) weak players lose so many points compared to perfect play that the
final score (the difference between the number of points the two
players lose) has a large variance compared to the value of a handicap stone.
According to some early experiments I have made on a database of
games played by humans on KGS, I'd say it is more likely to be 70 or
80 Elo points. Also, it is likely to depend on strength. I'll be
able to give more precise data in a few weeks.
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