From: bogin <bogin <at> YAHOO <dot> CO <dot> JP>
Date: 15 oct 2002
Subject: Re: How to play shogi on the web?

Sorry, But I'm not familiar with your system so I don't know how it works.
I believe that Java Shogi rates their handicap game by using some kind of
weighted scale based on the handicap and the difference between 2 players
ratings. So, just as an example, 400 or so points may be added to the shita
te (lower ranked) player's rating for a 2-piece handicap. I believe that
start with a Lance and work all the way up to 6 piece but I don't exactly
remember. Of course, it's all based on the Java Shogi rating system so the
handicap may not actually be a true reflection of strength and the
handicaps are optional.

--- Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> COMCAST <dot> NET>  $B$+$i$N%a%C%;!<%8!' (B
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bogin" <bogin <at> YAHOO <dot> CO <dot> JP>
> To: <SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL>
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 6:20 PM
> Subject: Re: How to play shogi on the web?
>
>
> > Yahoo! doesn't have a handicap hames function that I'm aware of but
> the
> > other 2 sites do. You can only play handicap games in the free mode
> on
> > Shogi Club 24 so none of those games are rated. You can play rated
> handicap
> > games on Java Shogi if you can find an opponent.
>
> > Bill Gaudry
> >
>      Could you possibly explain to us the way handicap games are
> rated on
> Java Shogi?  I ask primarily because we rate handicap games on the
> Pan-Atlantic rating system, and I'd like to compare methods.
>
>       Thanks, Larry Kaufman

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