[computer-go] Fw: Compensation for handicap plays?

[Łukasz Lew]

> >>   2.  Give white N stones at end of game.  (N = handicap)

I vote for 2.
But my reason is that 2 is the closest to some future international Go rules.
I.e it allows for smooth integration of area and territory scoring.

Łukasz


On 12/28/06, Urban Hafner <urban at bettong.net> wrote:
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> On Dec 28, 2006, at 10:28 , Rémi Coulom wrote:
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> > Don Dailey wrote:
> >> I'll take a final poll - speak now or forever hold your peace!
> >>
> >> Should we:
> >>
> >>   1.  Give white N-1 stones at end of game.  (where N = handicap)
> >>   2.  Give white N stones at end of game.  (N = handicap)
> >>   3.  Give white N stones except handicap 1 case.
> >>   4.  Not worry about giving white anything but the appropriate
> >>       handicap stones.
> >>
> >> Option 4 seems a lot cleaner and is WYSIWYG at end of game along
> >> with komi of course.
> >>
> >>
> > I vote for 2 because that is what KGS does, and that is how I have
> > implemented handicap in my program.
>
> I'd vote for 2, too. Because that's the way (apparently) KGS does it
> so it seems like a good idea not to have two different ways to handle
> things out there.


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