[MR] Insult vs. Honor -- Chess vs. Go -- was: Re: 'Point of Honor'

[the.lady.phoenix at gmail.com]

I was about to say something very similar, only I was beat to it.

I would find a handicap mid fight insulting, now if the first fight
was totally one-sided, I have handicapped myself (without telling the
other player..... OK it was a video game but I think the principle is
the same), it made it more fun for me, they actually won, (but it was
close!) but they were disheartened when they found out I had turned on
a handicap on myself, as they felt it lessened their win, since they
didn't have the same handicap.  I think a similar situation would be a
better fighter starting the fight with a missing leg or arm. harder on
the better fighter, but it might make the fight more even (or however
you handicap a fight).

Sara

> On 01/10/2009, logan <logan at ebonwoulfe.com> wrote:
>> hand on, the handicap system in go is used to equal the playing field at
>> the
>> start of the contest.  once the contest begins, like in chess, both
>> players
>> have an equal opportunity to win (ie they both posses the tools to do
>> so).
>> the higher ranked (formal ranking system) in go gives the lesser ranked
>> player more pieces but not more knowledge so i think its the same as
>> chess
>> or fighting in that we all start out equally.  your epiphany would make
>> more
>> sense to me if the rules of go allowed for the lesser skilled player to
>> start with the same stones as the higher ranked player and then, as he
>> lost
>> more and more stones, he would have extras to place on the board.  that
>> seems to be more along the lines of "evening the game out after its
>> started".  i actually have done this when teaching chess in that ive
>> taken
>> the students piece and then, before ending my move, i put it back and
>> tell
>> them to pick a different move.  thats what we do at fighter practices
>> basically.  but never in a chess tourney (at least not when i competed in
>> them.  .......
>
>> regards
>> logan
>