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Idiomatically a handicap is a disadvantage not an advantage. So if Shin had two extra stones, KataGo had a two stone handicap.
by nswango 1mo ago
Idiomatically a handicap is a disadvantage not an advantage. So if Shin had two extra stones, KataGo had a two stone handicap.
- brainwad 1mo agoHandicaps can be positive, e.g. in fixed distance racing one way to handicap is to "give" a starting distance to the racers who are slower than the scratch racer; in this system a higher handicap is more of an advantage. Since the AI was playing scratch (the normal, unmodified play style), it seems odd to say it had a handicap. Rather, the human had a positive handicap of two stones.
- tokai 1mo agoYoure just mixing up who has the handicap. The handicap gives starting distance to the slower racer, but its still the faster racer that has the handicap.
- Sharlin 1mo agoYes, but the title has an ambiguous parse (a shift-reduce conflict): X defeats (Y with Z) or (X defeats Y) with Z with the latter usually understood as meaning X has Z, as far as I know.