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Thus tournament directors or some go organization set the so-called komi at 5.5 or 6.5 or 7.5 level, which means that the player of the black stones is considered to be the winner if the score of the game is greater than komi; otherwise, when the score is smaller than the komi value then the player of the white stones is considered to be the winner.

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

About not using komi– I see the point of course, but I do think questions about what komi is “fairest” are interesting.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Checkers Program Proved Invincible, 2007

One consequence of using a fractional komi is that no game can have a tied score as a result, and this makes draws very rare.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Checkers Program Proved Invincible, 2007

The really interesting thing is komi– in Go the player of white who plays second is given a number of points at the outset to compensate for playing second.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Checkers Program Proved Invincible, 2007

Excuse me for being thick, but is it necessarily the case that if, say, Black forces a win by 7 points with best play in an even game, best play with a komi of 7 will lead to jigo?

The Volokh Conspiracy » Checkers Program Proved Invincible, 2007

I was doing yobi-komi mentioned above on the first day of the festival when a group of five or six guys came up looking like they might decide to go inside.

ちゃんと確認しなきゃ．．． Suihanki 2005

I was doing yobi-komi mentioned above on the first day of the festival when a group of five or six guys came up looking like they might decide to go inside.

Archive 2005-11-01 Suihanki 2005

At a distance from Tobaubo doo they describe another country, which they allege as inhabited by cannibals of gigantic size, called komi.

Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, 1795-7 1893

At a distance from Tobaubo doo they describe another country, which they allege as inhabited by cannibals of gigantic size, called komi.

Travels in the Interior of Africa — Volume 02 Mungo Park 1788

There's "hiyashi-komi" or cooling fish in ice-water slurry to bring down its core temperature, and "nou-jime" or puncturing the head with a metal hook causing instantaneous brain death (which keeps the rest of the fish's organs functioning, as in kaimin katsugyo).

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