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Handicap system? difference between 1 and 2 handi
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:57 am
by standardtrickyness
Okay so the first handicap stone is just the komi ommited so it is like half a stone (a whole stone you take black and pass then its one stone and reverse komi) the second handicap stone is a whole one because it is like giving your opponent on stone handi and then passing. Why does the handicap system go .5,1.5,2.5 etc?
Re: Handicap system? difference between 1 and 2 handi
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:07 am
by speedchase
tradition mostly.
Re: Handicap system? difference between 1 and 2 handi
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:15 pm
by jts
The point of the handicap system is to produce evenly matched games. As it stands, white tends to win; the system is quite good, but if you were going to tinker with it the goal of the tinkering would be to help b, not w.
Re: Handicap system? difference between 1 and 2 handi
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 6:11 pm
by hyperpape
Simplicity of understanding, rather than simplicity of underlying principle. Since handicap go is not the main event anyway, it is not so obviously important to change it.