> Does it make sense to use a komi of 7.5 for 13x13 and 19x19 under CGOS > rules?
I see you went with 7.5 for 13x13. I was about to suggest 8.5 but changed my mind while writing this email. First evidence for 8.5 is Robert Jasiek's comments (e.g. "I have observed that 8.5 komi for 13x13 ... frequently lead to strategically demanding 0.5 games") here: http://senseis.xmp.net/?HandicapForSmallerBoardSizes Second, Little Golem has used 8.5 for a few years, and this top tournament has exactly 50-50 for black/white wins: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/tournament/tournament.jsp?trnid=go13.ch.10.1.1 However, the tournament after has 15 to black, 21 to white here: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/tournament/tournament.jsp?trnid=go13.ch.11.1.1 And the tournament before has 13 to black, 23 to white: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/tournament/tournament.jsp?trnid=go13.ch.9.1.1 So, it seems 8.5 komi may favour white. Darren -- Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer http://dcook.org/mlsn/ (English-Japanese-German-Chinese-Arabic open source dictionary/semantic network) http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) http://darrendev.blogspot.com/ (blog on php, flash, i18n, linux, ...) _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
