The rules are exactly the same for 9x9 as for 19x19. The boardsize is different and that changes the game some.
I would suggest that if a top go player plays a game of chess immediately after first learning the rules, he would lose very badly to even mediocre players or even advanced beginners. I really doubt this would be the case with 9x9 go. I don't think you can really make a strong argument that 9x9 isn't go or that it's not the same game. You CAN argue that the characteristics of the game are different and different aspects of the game are emphasized. Some really strong players may not be specialists in 9x9 and may lose to players who specialize in 9x9 but are otherwise a few stones weaker at 19x19, but that's not remarkable. In chess you can also be weakened significantly and be "thrown off your game" by a surprise opening - or we could imagine a game where your opening is decided for you and it would make you very uncomfortable. My guess (and it's only a guess) is that strong players playing on the 9x9 board are simply very uncomfortable but probably do not play as weak as they imagine. In chess I heard that someone once did a study to find out if playing speed chess weakened the performance of some players more than others and despite the fact that many players imagine that it does, it turned out that there was a remarkable correlation, although no doubt some players who specialize at different time controls would have an edge. - Don On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 11:27 +0900, Hideki Kato wrote: > Christoph Birk: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >On Tue, 9 Sep 2008, Olivier Teytaud wrote: > >> testbed for > >> parallelization because it's more difficult) and as "real" targets (as > >> there > >> are players > >> for both). > > > >Sorry, but there are (almost) no players for 9x9. To repeat > >D.Fotland's earlier comment: 9x9 is just for beginner's practice. > >It's not go. > > Other than the match CS vs. Kaori Aoba 4p, which Rémi reported > recently, there was a 9x9 match CS vs. Meien O 9p with no komi at > FIT2008. CS (B) won by 3 points. > > I'd like to emphasize "9x9 is Go." > > Hideki > > >Christoph > > > >_______________________________________________ > >computer-go mailing list > >computer-go@computer-go.org > >http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kato) > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
