Japanese vs Chinese go rules which is better and which is more popular?

[Counting_Zenist]

Territory Scoring / Japanese Rules (Counting)

Between the Chinese rules and Japanese rules, under a normal situation (no seki, or pass and get one extra as komaster), where there is a difference before komi, it is always black that gets one more point under area scoring. If the area score difference (before komi) is 7, it can only be a territory score of 6 (different where black plays the last move) or 7 (the same where white plays the last move). In this situation with 6.5 komi under territory rules, the first case white wins, but the sec…

I’ve done an analysis and estimation and a slight statistic of the different results might arrive using different rules. Due to the extra komi, they often agree on the winners. Only on the very height proficiency in the pro range, we see about 1/50 of the games ended up with different winners, and it is not due to seki. Below pro strength, the chance dropped significantly, which often doesn’t matter which rules used in amateur games.