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No fractional komi ? [#1278]

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velobici: No fractional komi ? (2008-02-07 13:16) [#4277]

Herman Hiddema stated that the Korean Ambassador's Cup held in Germany in 2007 used whole number komi...not fractional komi. As a result drawn games were possible and two draws occurred: [ext] http://dgob.de/tourn/tourn.cgi?f=07debbcp.txt&mode=cml.

Is this the case for all Korean Ambassador's Cup tournaments ?

Why did they decide upon non-fractional komi ?

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HermanHiddema: Re: No fractional komi ? (2008-02-07 15:54) [#4281]

This is not the case for all KAC tournaments. I organized the Dutch one, and that had 6.5 komi (and was knockout for the top 16, not McMahon)

Why they had a round komi in Germany I don't know.

xela: Re: No fractional komi ? (2008-02-07 22:53) [#4284]

My understanding is that fractional komi was invented to avoid replayed games in knockout tournaments. Since many amateur tournaments use a Swiss or Macmahon format, I'd like to see more tournaments with whole number komi. It would marginally reduce the likelihood of a tie for top place, and would add a bit of excitement to those very close games!

 
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