Handicap way too big!

[Maharani]

I have a theory on this, but no official confirmation of it:

Which rank decides on automatic handicap/komi?

So I’ve seen it officially stated that your overall rank is always used, and that the individual category ranks (such as 13 x 13 correspondence) only have informational purpose. I don’t think this is true, however. In ranked games with automatic handicap/komi, it’s happened to me a lot of times now that, for instance, I’m playing someone whose overall rank is lower than mine, and they still get white with reduced komi. The reverse also happens - their overall rank is higher than mine, but they …