So for those who are unaware of this forum game, refer to this thread. The rules this time are slightly different though. Instead of explicitly telling you that one game was played between DDKs and another between professionals, I will post 4 games instead of 5 and not say anything about their level. They could all be played by SDKs, or it could be similar like last game where one game was played between DDKs, another between mid-dan players, etc.. I think this will not only be more challenging (obviously), it will be even more interesting to see the analysis.

Also, this time please give an explicit rank on the players rather than rank categories! If there are games played between amateurs, the two players in a game share the same rank. All amateur games (if there are any) were played on KGS, all time settings are non-blitz.

So what about the prize? Well simply, I will give a 3-month KGS+ subscription to whoever gets it closest (assuming you have a KGS account). Or, if you're a player who might be interested in me video-reviewing your games, I could do that as well. If you guess the rank of the players correctly for one game, you get 10 points, and for each rank you're off I take away 1 point to a minimum of 0. If you think a game was played between two pros, there's no need to try and guess their pro rank and just writing something like "Pro" is sufficient.

So for instance, if there was a game played between two pros and you guess that it was played between two KGS 6ds, then you get 7 points (setting KGS 9d as pro level, 9 - 6 = 3). The maximum number of points you can get is 40.

If the person who gets the highest score gets a perfect score, I will make it a 1-year KGS+ subscription instead of 3-months (or as I mentioned earlier, video-reviews...or teaching games if you're a kyu player? Blah I'm beginning to sound egotistical; let's just see if anyone gets 40 first).

And oh, please keep the format to something like this (and make sure it's hidden):

1. 6d
2. 5k
3. Pro
4. 10k

Credit to topazg for the alternative idea of this forum game! Games are below; I look forward to reading the analysis . I'll post answers when the thread's winding down.

Game 1


Game 2


Game 3


Game 4

I'll give it a shot.



Up to you, but you might consider offering one or two video reviews as an alternative to KGS+. That way, if somone chose it you could save your wallet a bit.

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Oh, didn't consider that..good call (that is, if anyone wanted it .__.).

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I want to try it too ^^

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I plugged everyone's answer into excel.

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