Re: Games won by half a point

In message <qkufj1hgl548nqas8asovg7tjdu7v6m8vr@xxxxxxx>, Robert Jasiek <jasiek@xxxxxxxx> writes 
On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:54:36 +0100, T Mark Hall
<tmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have refined the search to games played in the Kisei (1977-2003),
Meijin (1978-2002) and Honinbo (1975-2002) tournaments where the komi
was 5.5 throughout. This produces a list of 3004 games, Kisei 867,
Meijin 1123 and Honinbo 1014 and I get 222 half point results:


Thanks for these entertaining figures!

Kisei
Black 27
White 44

Meijin
Black 37
White 39

Honinbo
Black 33
White 42

This gives White a 56.3% advantage. 

My interpretation would be (to exaggerate a little): As long as it
depends mostly on the name of the title, there are not enough data for
them to be significant.

I am selecting the tournaments where we have most data. Now I have looked at the Judan (1962-2002), Tengen (1976-2002) and Gosei (1975-2002) and I get the following figures:

Judan, 1094 games
B 30
W 58

Tengen, 715 games
B 31
W 42

Gosei, 892 games
B 21
W 21

White's advantage 59.6%.

If I add the earlier figures, for a total 5705 games, White has a 57.88% advantage in games where the difference was only half a point.

Best wishes.
--
T Mark Hall
www.gogod.demon.co.uk
www.gogod.demon.co.uk/NewInGo/NewInGo.htm
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