I would like to take part in the 19x19 competition. I also prefer kyu rating to Elo, but I got the impression that you were relating kyu rating with handicap games (that is usually done by human players).
I think handicap is a bad idea for computers. Handicap requires human intelligence to understand how the playing style must be changed. It completely ruins fuseki databases and may also make josekis that are good under equal play too slow. Of course, if you pretend to ruin fuseki database programs, its a good idea. But I think dan/pro level fuseki is not only legitimate, but probably the best possible fuseki and it can be played in ultrablitz which preserves computing time for later moves. The only drawback is 10 Mb of disk space. Any silly welcome video is heavier than that. I suggest, if handicap is implemented, it should be optional. Jacques. _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
