There is also the fact that some amateurs plays a lot of 9x9 game and get a better feeling about it, so when they meet a stronger opponent but who don't have played a lot of game on 9x9 they can crush it.
Tom On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 11:32:45AM +0000, Jacques Basaldúa wrote: > Christoph Birk wrote: > >> I don't think 2200 ELO on the 9x9 CGOS is equivalent to 'high dan-level' >> play. > > Neither do I. In fact the whole kyu/dan rating system applies > only to 19x19. 9x9 is not deep enough to have have so many ranks. > On a 9x9 board an average amateur beats a pro with handicap 3. > That amateur would be crushed by the pro with handicap 9 in 19x19. > > Jacques. > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ -- Thomas Lavergne "Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem." (Guillaume d'Ockham) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://oniros.org _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
