Handicaps beyond nine stones
Extra handicap stones can be added according to the diagrams below. I think this might be the Chinese pattern. (The Japanese pattern is given below). Most people who need such handicaps would probably prefer to play small board Go such as 9x9 and 13x13.
Table of contents | Table of diagrams Handicaps up to 17 Handicaps up to 25 Japanese Handicap stones Gene Fellner, stones 1-25 25 stones, another variation Handicaps up to 29 Gene Fellner, stones 1-41 |
up to 17
In fact a game Nemesis vs Janice Kim almost 20 years ago at this handicap is recalled.
Rich: Robert Jasiek's page shows the official Japanese rules for placement of handicap stones. They agree in large part with the diagram, although they don't have the 10-3 points.
Gene Fellner, USA, 1965:
10-13: G7,G13,N7,N13 14-17: C3,C16,R3,R16 18-25: D7,D13,G16,N16,Q7,Q13,G4,N4 26-29: K3,C10,K17,R10 30-33: F6,F14,O6,O14 34-41: C7,C13,G17,N17,R7,R13,G3,N3
[erratum?: K3, K17 instead of J3, J17?]
Crimson: I'm sure I saw that somewhere. Is it impractical, or why isn't it listed here?
agro1986: That configuration is used when Akari fought Hikaru in Hikaru no Go volume 6. Hikaru said "Use as many stones as you want" to Akari before the match.
Tas: How was the result?
C.S. Graves: Akari got trounced. Hikaru was, after all, an insei at the time.