I'm a member of the Japanese Go Association in the 1920's and I'm changing the rules to give white bonus points to offset black's first move advantage. Should I cut ties? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago by Zuzak@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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By giving white an extra half point, they would win games that would otherwise be tied, giving every* game a clear winner.

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[-] context@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

is there an advantage to the rating system to cutting or not cutting ties? would it make it easier to match evenly skilled players if ties were allowed?

[-] Zuzak@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Cutting ties does help with matching in tournaments because otherwise you might have to have rematches, and each game takes a long time. You don't want to have a situation where table 1 is waiting on table 2 to play a whole extra round to find out who they'll be up against, or where you end up having to extend the event an extra day because the final match was a tie.