INGO
International Network Go Organization

Handicaps

It is recommended to play matches with appropriate handicaps.
However, players are permitted to play matches with any handicaps mutually agreed upon.
Standard handicaps are set up as follows:

1 point difference = 0.5 Dan or Kyu difference

0 pt	0 Dan or Kyu difference	Black gives white 6.5 point KOMI
1 pt	0.5 Dan or Kyu difference	White gives black 0.5 point KOMI
2 pt	1 Dan or Kyu difference	White gives 6.5 point KOMI
3 pt	1.5 Dan or Kyu difference	2 Stone Match with white giving black 0.5 point KOMI
4 pt	2 Dan or Kyu difference	2 Stone Match with white giving black 6.5 point KOMI
5 pt	2.5 Dan or Kyu difference	3 Stone Match with white giving black 0.5 point KOMI
6 pt	3 Dan or Kyu difference	3 Stone Match with white giving black 6.5 point KOMI
7 pt	3.5 Dan or Kyu difference	4 Stone Match with white giving black 0.5 point KOMI
8 pt	4 Dan or Kyu difference	4 Stone Match with white giving black 6.5 point KOMI
9 pt	4.5 Dan or Kyu difference	5 Stone Match with white giving black 0.5 point KOMI
10 pt	5 Dan or Kyu difference	5 Stone Match with white giving black 6.5 point KOMI
11 pt	5.5 Dan or Kyu difference	6 Stone Match with white giving black 0.5 point KOMI
12 pt	6 Dan or Kyu difference	6 Stone Match with white giving black 6.5 point KOMI
13 pt	6.5 Dan or Kyu difference	7 Stone Match with white giving black 0.5 point KOMI
14 pt	7 Dan or Kyu difference	7 Stone Match with white giving black 6.5 point KOMI
15 pt	7.5 Dan or Kyu difference	8 Stone Match with white giving black 0.5 point KOMI
16 pt	8 Dan or Kyu difference	8 Stone Match with white giving black 6.5 point KOMI
17 pt	8.5 Dan or Kyu difference	9 Stone Match with white giving black 0.5 point KOMI
18 pt	9 Dan or Kyu or more difference	9 Stone Match with white giving black 6.5 point KOMI

Handicaps Guidelines

HC	Guidelines
80	Top ranking amateurs = KGS ranking 5 dan = Japanese ranking 9 dan
79	A member who is good to play with black without KOMI against an 80 player = Japanese ranking 8.5 dan
78	KGS ranking 4 dan = Japanese ranking 8 dan
77	A member who is good to play with two stones handicap without KOMI agaist an 80 player = Japanese ranking 7.5 dan
76	KGS ranking 3 dan = Japanese ranking 7 dan
74	KGS ranking 2 dan = Japanese ranking 6 dan
72	KGS ranking 1 dan = Japanese ranking 5 dan
70	KGS ranking 1kyu = Japanese ranking 4 dan
68	KGS ranking 2kyu = Japanese ranking 3 dan
66	KGS ranking 3kyu = Japanese ranking 2 dan
64	KGS ranking 4 kyu = Japanese ranking 1 dan
62	KGS ranking 5 kyu= Japanese ranking 1 kyu
60	KGS ranking 6 kyu = Japanese ranking 2 kyu
58	KGS ranking 7 kyu = Japanese ranking 3 kyu
56	KGS ranking 8 kyu = Japanese ranking 4 kyu
54	KGS ranking 9 kyu = Japanese ranking 5 kyu
52	KGS ranking 10 kyu = Japanese ranking 6 kyu
50	KGS ranking 11 kyu = Japanese ranking 7 kyu
48	KGS ranking 12 kyu = Japanese ranking 8 kyu
46	KGS ranking 13 kyu = Japanese ranking 9 kyu
44	KGS ranking 14 kyu = Japanese ranking 10 kyu
42	KGS ranking 15 kyu = Japanese ranking 11 kyu
40	KGS ranking 16 kyu = Japanese ranking 12 kyu
38	KGS ranking 17 kyu = Japanese ranking 13 kyu
36	KGS ranking 18 kyu = Japanese ranking 14 kyu
34	KGS ranking 19 kyu = Japanese ranking 15 kyu
32	KGS ranking 20 kyu = Japanese ranking 16 kyu
30	KGS ranking 21 kyu = Japanese ranking 17 kyu
28	KGS ranking 22 kyu = Japanese ranking 18 kyu
26	KGS ranking 23 kyu = Japanese ranking 19 kyu
24	KGS ranking 24 kyu = Japanese ranking 20 kyu
22	KGS ranking 25 kyu = Japanese ranking 21 kyu
20	KGS ranking 26 kyu = Japanese ranking 22 kyu