Your interesting proposal addresses an issue that no one in this thread seems to have expressed with any clarity (or perhaps I have overlooked it–if so I beg forgiveness). I believe komi was determined on the basis of pro games. I seriously doubt that it has much validity for DDK games–and less and less the closer one approaches absolute beginner level. I know for sure that the first move is NOT worth 6.5 points to me, because I’m not good enough to exploit the advantage. Ideally, there is probably a sliding scale of komi that corresponds to one’s rank. It would be interesting to learn just where the dividing line is.