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GM[1]US[Brought to you by IGS]
CoPyright[
  Copyright (c) I.Net Technologies, Inc. 1995
  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[Explorer-pett(B) IGS]RE[B+11.5]
PW[Explorer]WR[??? ]NW[ 1.0]
PB[pett]BR[NR ]NB[ 0.0]
PC[IGS:  igs.nuri.net 6969]DT[1996-02-26]
SZ[9]TM[1800]KM[0.500000]LT[]

;B[gc]BL[1791]
;W[cg]WL[1792]
;B[bh]BL[1742]
;W[ch]WL[1779]C[
 pett NR : maybe you were right to want white... :-)
]
;B[cd]BL[1698]
;W[bg]WL[1744]C[
 pett NR : yeah, but it looks terrible!
]
;B[gg]BL[1632]C[
 Explorer ??? : here we go..you get 3 corners
]
;W[df]WL[1723]C[
 pett NR : gotta make up for komi... :-)
]
;B[eg]BL[1569]C[
 Explorer ??? : looks like I wil b need many komi...
]
;W[ef]WL[1698]C[
 pett NR : :-)
]
;B[cb]BL[1500]
;W[ed]WL[1629]
;B[ec]BL[1476]C[
 pett NR : at least, Explorer plays in a coherent manner
]
;W[fd]WL[1584]
;B[fc]BL[1446]C[
 Explorer ??? : loses coherently, you mean? :-)
]
;W[gd]WL[1568]
;B[hf]BL[1422]
;W[ff]WL[1551]
;B[fg]BL[1409]
;W[hd]WL[1537]
;B[hc]BL[1395]
;W[be]WL[1523]
;B[af]BL[1371]C[
 pett NR : there's a twist!
 Explorer ??? : no need to kill me :-)
]
;W[ae]WL[1451]
;B[ee]BL[1349]
;W[de]WL[1359]
;B[bc]BL[1320]C[
 Explorer ??? : if you keep playundo
 pett NR : actually, b7, not b5!  what a spaz I am!
 Explorer ??? : good move
 pett NR : I clicked on b7 twice before and nothing happened, then I clicked off the board and got e9!
 pett NR : thx, btw
]
;W[gf]WL[1260]
;B[hh]BL[1286]
;W[eh]WL[1169]C[
 pett NR : good move there
]
;B[fh]BL[1229]C[
 Explorer ??? : actually, Ex plays all this to make eyes :-(
 Explorer ??? : something wrong in the cormer, so it thinks the group is weak
]
;W[dg]WL[1143]
;B[ce]BL[1117]C[
 pett NR : the game's pretty close, really
 Explorer ??? : yes, but youre ahead
]
;W[ic]WL[1131]
;B[ei]BL[968]C[
 pett NR : no one likes to play defense :-)
 Explorer ??? : Exploer will defend, when there is a reason
]
;W[dh]WL[1117]
;B[hb]BL[871]
;W[ie]WL[1100]
;B[ib]BL[796]
;W[id]WL[1078]
;B[di]BL[706]C[
 pett NR : pretty much forces c1, I think
 Explorer ??? : you never know..
]
;W[fe]WL[1044]C[
 pett NR : ... and gives up sente, of course :-(
 Explorer ??? : back to making eyes :-((
]
;B[ci]BL[638]C[
 Explorer ??? : hard to dfind it, agreed :(
 Explorer ??? : Exthought the corner was gone and went to make eyes elsewhere..
]
;W[he]WL[907]C[
 Explorer ??? : I'm not surprised..
]
;B[if]BL[510]C[
 pett NR : I guess the corner evaluator will be getting an overhaul...
]
;W[dd]WL[878]
;B[dc]BL[459]C[
 Explorer ??? : its one of the 500 items on my list..
]
;W[ad]WL[832]
;B[ac]BL[332]
;W[bf]WL[773]
;B[ah]BL[316]C[
 pett NR : is Explorer still mac-based?
 Explorer ??? : yes
]
;W[bi]WL[756]
;B[fi]BL[271]
;W[ag]WL[743]
;B[tt]BL[248]C[
 pett NR : gottaGo runs on an Alpha
 Explorer ??? : good for you..
 pett NR : nice little tactic there
 Explorer ??? : is it in C?
]
;W[cf]WL[721]C[
 pett NR : yes, feel a little guilty about the hardware disparity
 pett NR : C++
 Explorer ??? : I have a feeling that Ex plays worse with more time, actually
 Explorer ??? : because the search sometimes produces blunders
]
;B[tt]BL[204]
;W[bd]WL[647]C[
 Explorer ??? : you do full board search?
]
;B[cc]BL[176]C[
 pett NR : yes, full board; not very deep of course
]
;W[tt]WL[623]C[
 Explorer ??? : Ex still has no such thing, and it hurts...
 Explorer ??? : did you get the Pass?
 pett NR : hmm, guess not, thanks for pointing it out!
 Explorer ??? : just checking :)
]
;B[tt]BL[139]C[
 Explorer ??? : you win by 5.5
]
;W[tt]WL[472];

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