(; GM[1]US[Brought to you by IGS] CoPyright[ Copyright (c) Tim L. Casey 1994 Permission to reproduce this game is given, provided proper credit is given. No warrantee, implied or explicit, is understood. Use of this game is an understanding and agreement of this notice. ] GN[gottaGo-Explorer(B) IGS]RE[W+15.5] PW[gottaGo]WR[NR ]NW[ 0.0] PB[Explorer]BR[14k ]NB[18.0] PC[IGS: igs.nuri.net 6969]DT[1995-04-17] SZ[9]TM[1800]KM[0.500000]LT[] ;B[dd]BL[1798]C[ Explorer 14k : this is the first time I play a matc h from home gottaGo NR : okay, here we go gottaGo NR : my 2nd or 3rd match from home now ] ;W[gd]WL[1747]C[ Explorer 14k : lets hope connection holds gottaGo NR : yes! ] ;B[gg]BL[1779]C[ Explorer 14k : ah diagonal fuseki. very difficult.. ] ;W[dg]WL[1714] ;B[cg]BL[1769]C[ gottaGo NR : symettric position! Explorer 14k : right. This is a joseki on 19x19, but here.. ] ;W[ch]WL[1665] ;B[cf]BL[1737]C[ gottaGo NR : I was going to announce the match, but had trouble doing some things from home that are easy from work Explorer 14k : right. I also have no WWW access from home ] ;W[cc]WL[1594] ;B[dc]BL[1707] ;W[hh]WL[1579]C[ Explorer 14k : c7 too much? but I expected it.. ] ;B[cd]BL[1685]C[ Explorer 14k : h2 succeeds now? gottaGo NR : beats me. :-) ] ;W[gf]WL[1518]C[ gottaGo NR : getting interesting Explorer 14k : can you ask for move motives from the program? ] ;B[fg]BL[1649]C[ gottaGo NR : nope, but I kind of know them anyway gottaGo NR : in the search gottaGo does, it thinks h2 can kill g3 stone ] ;W[eh]WL[1445]C[ Explorer 14k : well, maybe.. gottaGo NR : yes, maybe ] ;B[ef]BL[1600] ;W[ed]WL[1432]C[ Explorer 14k : on small boards, 2nd line is much more important than in real Go gottaGo NR : can't kill g3 now. :-) gottaGo NR : yes, true gottaGo NR : e7? f8? Explorer 14k : d4 or h3 I guess ] ;B[de]BL[1456]C[ Explorer 14k : close :) gottaGo NR : is Explorer searching more than in last match? Explorer 14k : I fiddled with time control. Lets see what happens.. Explorer 14k : Last game I had to switch search off, right? gottaGo NR : Don't think so. There was some other match where you were in big time trouble, though ] ;W[ff]WL[1244]C[ Explorer 14k : there was one match, I cannot remember which one. But it still searches too much occasionally gottaGo NR : Did you know there's a Go program you can play on the web? Explorer 14k : yes, but it is very slow to update the page ] ;B[eg]BL[1292]C[ gottaGo NR : thought it might be faster for you, since the page is in Germany ] ;W[bh]WL[1228]C[ Explorer 14k : connection with germany is terrible ] ;B[fb]BL[1245]C[ Explorer 14k : why not h3??? ] ;W[gb]WL[1177]C[ Explorer 14k : oh boy, it thought the whole group is in trouble gottaGo NR : the right side white group? Explorer 14k : no, b group... ] ;B[fh]BL[1192]C[ Explorer 14k : f8 was the best defensive move gottaGo NR : interesting. doen't _look_ like it's in trouble... :-) Explorer 14k : maybe it thinks c7 alive, so it finds no eye space gottaGo NR : yes, if that's so ] ;W[bg]WL[1060]C[ Explorer 14k : have to check later. Anyway, still hope for h3 gottaGo NR : someone will play h3 someday ] ;B[bc]BL[1076] ;W[ec]WL[1048]C[ Explorer 14k : the result of almost 1 minute of life&death... ] ;B[eb]BL[941]C[ Explorer 14k : still worrying too much, this program Explorer 14k : maybe now it will feel safer? ] ;W[hg]WL[1022]C[ gottaGo NR : ahhhh... I feel safer! Explorer 14k : sure. gottaGo NR : my right side still looks like swiss cheese, though Explorer 14k : haha! gottaGo NR : :-) Explorer 14k : again doing life&death. sh@#$%^&! ] ;B[cb]BL[787]C[ Explorer 14k : that was only to be expected. gottaGo NR : yes, seems a little too cautious gottaGo NR : should attack my weak position Explorer 14k : w a lot better now. ] ;W[da]WL[968]C[ gottaGo NR : what a move Explorer 14k : haha, now going for the kill! ] ;B[bf]BL[717]C[ Explorer 14k : u better answer, or u die ] ;W[dh]WL[926]C[ gottaGo NR : not right answer Explorer 14k : enough to live gottaGo NR : I guess so, now that I look at it ] ;B[ag]BL[658]C[ Explorer 14k : what's you Go grade? gottaGo NR : I don't play! ] ;W[df]WL[903]C[ gottaGo NR : I used to play chess, but programming that wasn't interesting ] ;B[bi]BL[499]C[ Explorer 14k : oh no! ] ;W[ee]WL[884]C[ Explorer 14k : too much thinking gottaGo NR : gottaGo is still capable of messing up the position Explorer 14k : no way, b is down to two libs gottaGo NR : we'll see ] ;B[fc]BL[351]C[ gottaGo NR : I certainly hope not, of course! ] ;W[hc]WL[853] ;B[fd]BL[325] ;W[fe]WL[835]C[ Explorer 14k : g7 captures something ] ;B[ah]BL[291]C[ gottaGo NR : really surprised Explorer allowed that cut Explorer 14k : just one of a dozen real bad bugs ] ;W[af]WL[784]C[ gottaGo NR : oh, yeah! ] ;B[ae]BL[254]C[ Explorer 14k : cost nothing gottaGo NR : true, just looks bad. :-) ] ;W[gh]WL[743]C[ Explorer 14k : safe enough. hard to win now gottaGo NR : _now_ gottaGo won't mess it up ] ;B[ci]BL[30] ;W[fi]WL[704]C[ gottaGo NR : whew Explorer 14k : VERY safe Explorer 14k : is entering byo-yomi ] ;B[af]BL[1123] ;W[gc]WL[667] ;B[di]BL[1105]C[ gottaGo NR : needed to play e9 or f9, I think ] ;W[fa]WL[638]C[ Explorer 14k : agree, this is bigger Explorer 14k : but it doesnt matter anynmore ] ;B[db]BL[1055] ;W[ea]WL[630]C[ gottaGo NR : yes ] ;B[ca]BL[1033] ;W[ga]WL[621] ;B[tt]BL[1008]C[ Explorer 14k : e5 was just too much to bear gottaGo NR : decided game Explorer 14k : otherwise the w corner may have died Explorer 14k : Ex passed did you nitice? Explorer 14k : notice gottaGo NR : would have been tricky fight, yes, easily could have died gottaGo NR : nope, thanks... ] ;W[ei]WL[507] ;B[ai]BL[997] ;W[tt]WL[496]C[ gottaGo NR : pass... ] ;B[tt]BL[971]C[ Explorer 14k : one more.. ] ;W[tt]WL[496]; TW[ef][eg][fg][fh][ge][gg][gi][ha][hb][hd][he][hf][hi][ia][ib][ic][id][ie] [if][ig][ih][ii] TB[aa][ab][ac][ad][ba][bb][bd][be][cc][ce] )