Darren Cook wrote:
Are we talking about different things? All I meant to say was that I thought in Japanese professional ranks that one rank is worth a third of a handicap stone. So when there are 6 ranks difference then two handicap stones should give an even game.
Yes, we're talking about the same thing. What you're saying is an ancient theory which may have held true in 19th-Century Japan but is far removed from reality nowadays.
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