[computer-go] 19x19 Go, scalability with time vs handicap

[alain Baeckeroot]

Le dimanche 22 avril 2007 22:26, Sylvain Gelly a écrit :
> Hello Daniel,

> > Le dimanche 22 avril 2007 21:26, compgo123 at aol.com a écrit :
> > For human players a difference of 2 kyu means that the winning ratio of the
> > stronger player is almost 100%.
> >
> Is it? Do you have some statistics? If so, that is interesting, because that
> means that neither MoGo nor GnuGo exploit well (comparing to humans) the
> handicap stones (see results of handicaps with settings which make them even
> at H0).

For kyu players 2 handicap does not mean very much.
For dan players the difference becomes more significant.
Nice stats on even game
http://gemma.ujf.cas.cz/~cieply/GO/statev.html

For pro i have been told that Lee Chang Ho is 2 points stronger than one of
his favorite partner but has more than 70% victory, and he considers improving
his game play by 2 points a workload for one life :)

Alain