Talk:Handicap

Any suggestions for how handicap play can be implemented are welcome. We need more discussion on this wiki. :)

what about moving some stuff about the winning ways on non symmetrical boards to theory page ? Halladba 21:08, 3 February 2008 (CET)

OK, discussing you will get :-) Regarding fixed starting moves instead of swap as a handicap option, it would be lovely to get some empirical data. For instance, in a game where I place (and get to keep) the first piece at A1, just how much more do I lose than in a game I got to keep B2 instead? Vintermann 12:47, 5 February 2008 (CET)

As a general rule of thumb, c3 and the 2-2 obtuse corner (shown below) give Red approximately a 0.25 move advantage, at least for board sizes 13×13 to 19×19. Is there any evidence to support this? It seems to me to be at most an educated guess. For example, KataHex assigns these openings a winning probability above 94% for 13x13 (which may not translate into an actual probability). 20:43, 30 March 2023 (UTC)