Handicap games need special gtp commands
See original GitHub issueHi,
Following up on https://github.com/pasky/pachi/issues/82, it seems sabaki is sending handicap stones as play b
commands instead of using dedicated gtp commands, so engines are mislead into thinking it’s an even game. Pachi resigns high handicap games when playing through sabaki right now because of this.
For chinese rules set_free_handicap
/ place_free_handicap
command should be used to send/get handicap stones. Or just fixed_handicap
with japanese rules.
gtp2ogs had the same issue some time ago, could check https://github.com/online-go/gtp2ogs/issues/65 for details.
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Tried just now, it used set_free_handicap D16 D4 K10 Q16 Q4 for an H5 game.Arg! The upgrade hadn’t taken me to Electron 2. Having fixed that, now it works properly.