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RE: One photo every day: Saarron Kylmä Kivi -turnaus / Saarto Cold Stone Tournament 2017 (13/365) + other photos
Heeey!
:) Didnt know you guys play that seriously. KYus and all....
In my eyes, black won on the third GO pic! Am I right?
In most clubs, differences in skill level between most players is great enough to necessitate the use of handicaps. The usual method of handicap involves placing black stones on the board before white's move.
A consistent national ranking system enables players from different clubs to know the number of handicap stones needed right away. Organizing tournaments would be much more difficult without a national ranking system. For example, Kylmä Kivi was a handicap tournament with six participants and only four rounds. The range of skill level was from 3 dan to 20 kyu. Without handicaps, pairing a 3 dan playing against a 20 kyu would be like pitting someone with a mid-level black belt in karate against a beginner. The beginner would be knocked out in seconds. The likelihood of the weaker player winning a game like that would be astronomically small. In a tournament, such a game would be a completely wasted opportunity to gain information about the current order of strength of the players. Even with a full nine stone handicap, a 20 kyu would stand virtually no chance against a 3 dan.
my dad and I played it for fun... I did get a few stones advantage when still kid, but later... ;)
=D
Yea well we play like semi-seriously anyway, there are also professionals who get a good salary for playing this game. :)
The third and fourth photo are of the same game. And I think, as it by the look of the clock seems to be only 5 minutes in the game, the end result would be difficult to predict. At least in a game of similar strength. But I do think white has a stronger position already. (Also, white did win in the end.)
hm when I look again, maybe the white did have better corner position.... corners and sides win the game in most cases, right?
Let's say that corners and sides are easiest to surround, then sides and center last. But there is also a saying, a go aphorism really, which states that: "When either of the players has all four corners, white will win."