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| From: | Dave Denholm |
| Subject: | Re: [gnugo-devel] Re: Ranked Robot (fwd) |
| Date: | Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:05:13 +0100 |
| User-agent: | Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.2 (usg-unix-v) |
Gunnar Farnebäck <address@hidden> writes: > Dave wrote: >> why allow komi < 0 at all ? >> >> I know it can be used on small boards when n stones is too few but n+1 >> stones is too many, but on an even game ? > > Negative komi is a fully reasonable alternative to handicap stones if > players of differing strength want to play a game without handicap > stones (e.g. to get practice with even-game fuseki). oops- yes of course... I used to play like this all the time against our club 1-dan - just never occurred to me that me (black) getting the komi was really a negative komi to white. dd -- Dave Denholm <address@hidden> http://www.esmertec.com
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