That might be good, but as you expect, the KGS tournament handler does not support it. It does not allow me to set a bar, and say that "all players 3-dan and better count as 3-dan, and handicaps will be used".
Nick On 1 April 2015 at 14:22, Darren Cook <dar...@dcook.org> wrote: > > I will be willing to welcome players of all strengths, if that is what > the > > strong players want... > > Winning against a much weak player does not prove anything, nor teach > you much. (In contrast to losing against a stronger player.) > > I wonder if handicaps could be used? E.g. the elite players could play > even games against each other, but a 9-stone game against the non-elite > players. Only elite players qualify for the KGS league points, but > otherwise their wins/losses in the handicapped games count. So Zen has > to not just beat CrazyStone, but also beat WeakProgram at a high > handicap, or hope that CrazyStone also fails to beat him at the same > challenging handicap. > > (I'm sure that is too complex for the KGS tournament structure, but I > thought I'd throw it out there anyway...) > > Darren > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > Computer-go@computer-go.org > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > -- Nick Wedd mapr...@gmail.com
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