3rd Cleveland Go Club Rating Tournament R1 | Soren Jaffe 5D vs. Garett Germany 2K 

That is an interesting thought. Why do you think that?

@@TheOhioGoSchool i know go isn’t chess but, there are not any 2 games with as many players as many books as many tournaments you should play in a chess tournament just to see how they do it in a chess tournament, they line the players up by rating and the top half plays the bottom half so, if there’s 20 players #1 would play #11 #2 would play #12 etc so, the top rated player plays the 11th rated player no handicap when you spot someone 6 stones you are cheating him out of a learning opportunity they don’t learn the opening a 1 stone handicap is a much better way to learn i don’t want to learn how to play a 6 stone handicap i want to learn how to play an even game go players are obsessed with the idea of fairness they want to give the weaker player a chance but, in the long run, it cheats them

let’s put it this way if you had a chance to play a pro 1 on 1 which would you prefer? a 6 stone handicap, where you have a chance to win or an even game, where you have a chance to learn?

@@johnvoelker4345 Well in that case obviously lesser handicap is better, but this is a tournament

@@TheOhioGoSchool all the more reason to not have a handicap