Match
A match is a contest between players in which a number of games is played to determine a winner.
Common formats, often used in finals of big titles, are best-of-three, best-of-five and best-of-seven. With non-integer komi like 6.5 or 7.5, an odd number of games guarantees a winner, as ties are impossible.
In the days before komi, playing a match of multiple games was also used as a way to offset the starting advantage that black has. In a match between evenly matched opponents, an even number of games without komi is more fair, as that way both can have the starting advantage an equal number of times.
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See also
- Jubango, literally "ten game match" in Japanese, common in the Edo period,before tournaments became common, and into the early 20th century.
- Match handicap system, a fine-grained system for determining handicaps in multi-game matches.
- Title match