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Komi Stats

Below is a table showing the number of wins for black and for white in professional games. Each row gives the figure for a different value of komi.

The final column shows the probability that Black would win this many games (or more) if Black had a 50% chance of winning the game.

Komi Black White Probability Fair
4.5 1314 1068 0%
5 124 109 32.6%
5.5 14515 12748 0%
6.5 6117 6002 29.6%
7.5 2580 2854 0.02%
8 325 342 51.0%

Relative Frequencies of Different values of komi. 1920s - 2000s

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Data mined from this database.