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First move advantage in Shogi[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Matteo Perlini wrote on Wed, Oct 3, 2012 03:24 PM UTC:
Hi Jorg,

I don't think it was just a statistical fluctuation in 2008. There were "2,323 public matches in fiscal 2008", not few matches. Maybe it is because Shogi is really balanced?

I would like to hear some comments from someone with a strong statistical knowledge.


p.s. Small sample, anyway: http://www.iggamecenter.com/stats/game95.html
Number of wins by the 1st player (excluding quits) 285 (41.91%)
Number of wins by the 2nd player (excluding quits) 357 (52.50%)