Score estimator, final game score disparity (the phantom point)

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@BHydden

No… just pretty sure this is how I’ve always heard it taught…? I can’t fault your logic, the example provided certainly seems like it should be a win for white under Chinese rules and a win for black under Japanese… but it’s very unnerving because I’m sure I’ve always heard it taught that the ruleset almost never affects the result of the game (apart from a few fringe examples)

I think what you remember is that using territory or area scoring does not affect the result of the game, usually.

The intrinsic rules of Japanese and Chinese do not differ on that game that was mentioned, it’s because of the height of the komi alone. Assuming that 7 points should be the “correct” value to ensure a tie, the Japanese rules choose to give the win to black with 6.5 komi, while the Chinese rules choose to give it to white with 7.5 komi.