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Handicaps Beyond Nine Stones/ Discussion
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Another 25 Handicap stone placement

HotIce: Hi, once I saw a 25 Handicap as:

[Diagram]
Handicaps up to 25

Now what is the correct answer for 25 Stones?

Sequence

Robert Pauli: Here's at least the "correct" sequence, HotIce ;-)

[Diagram]
Generalized handicap sequence


41 stone sequence

(Original (Over nine stones handicap) page by WillerZ)

For the sake of completeness, I wondered what a 41-stone handicap should be (41 stones is about right for a 30kyu playing a 9dan pro). I reckon what I came up with is about right, but the question I couldn't answer was: in what order should the stones be added from 10 through 40?


[Diagram]
41-stone handicap



[Diagram]
41-stone handicap (alternative, not so good for Black IMO)


How many various symmetrical 41 -handicap-stone-placements are there?



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