Editing Go ranks and ratings (section)

=== Winning chances and handicaps in Go versus chess ===

While in chess a player must take some risks to avoid a draw, in Go draws (jigo) are either impossible (with superko and non-integer komi, such as 6.5 points, as is common) or less likely in the case of integer komi. Also, an average game of Go lasts for 240 moves (120 moves in chess terms), compared to 40 in chess, so there are more opportunities for a weaker player to make sub-optimal moves. The ability to transform a small advantage into a win increases with playing strength. Due to this ability, stronger players are more consistent in their results against weaker players and will generally score a higher percentage of wins against opponents at the same rank distance.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://gemma.ujf.cas.cz/~cieply/GO/statev.html | title = Statistics on Even Games | author = Official European Ratings | access-date = 2007-10-18 | archive-date = 2016-06-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160604104237/http://gemma.ujf.cas.cz/~cieply/GO/statev.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>