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

[Christoph Birk]

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007, Jacques Basaldúa wrote:
> Christoph Birk wrote:
>> I am sure that Daniel is wrong here ... 2 kyu difference is more like
>> 80% likelyhood of win.
> That depends on strength. Between a 20 and 22 kyu, it is even lower. But in 
> professional
> play Daniel should be right. Note that 2 steps means 2 stones handicap. It is 
> clear that in
> professional play 2 handicap stones is overwhelming.

Yes, I was talking about the range where most of the (amateur)
GO player are, say between 9kyu and 5 dan.
What increases (decreases) towards weaker (stronger) players is
the standard deviation, not so much the winning likelyhood of
a player of rank=X vs. rank=X+2.

Christoph