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  Copyright (c) I.Net Technologies, Inc. 1995
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]
GN[gottaGo-plodder(B) IGS]RE[W+Resign]
PW[gottaGo]WR[NR ]NW[  0]
PB[plodder]BR[NR ]NB[  0]
PC[IGS:  igs.nuri.net 6969]DT[1998-08-24]
SZ[19]TM[0]KM[5.500000]LT[]

;B[qq]BL[0]
;W[ee]WL[0]
;B[cc]BL[0]
;W[oo]WL[0]
;B[dd]BL[0]
;W[od]WL[0]
;B[nq]BL[0]
;W[dp]WL[0]
;B[qc]BL[0]
;W[qd]WL[0]
;B[pb]BL[0]
;W[db]WL[0]
;B[eh]BL[0]
;W[cj]WL[0]
;B[di]BL[0]
;W[ob]WL[0]
;B[nc]BL[0]
;W[mq]WL[0]
;B[np]BL[0]
;W[kq]WL[0]
;B[nd]BL[0]
;W[of]WL[0]
;B[qh]BL[0]
;W[qo]WL[0]
;B[po]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : At this point I don't need connections to feel a sense of triumph: I'm psyched that the program can just do Go modem protocol.
 gottaGo NR : Yes :-)  better than me
]
;W[bc]WL[0]
;B[cb]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : have to be super careful typing these things in by hand
 plodder NR : Q5 is probably a free ponnuki for you -- that's high on the list of known problems.
]
;W[bd]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Unfortunately the really proper fixes seem to be complicated.
]
;B[df]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : I am already resigned to playing part of the game out by hand, so don't sweat it too much.
 plodder NR : I only get partial credit for automatic play when I don't have takeback implemented.
]
;W[ge]WL[0]
;B[fe]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : your upper left corner is looking loosely connected
 plodder NR : It's annoying that plodder is over-eager to play into 1-space jumps, but it didn't play into p17. I'm not sure why.
]
;W[rr]WL[0]
;B[ph]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : gottaGo's motto is run away from a fight if possible :-)
]
;W[hk]WL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : now there's a forward-looking move :-)
 plodder NR : I dunno plodder's motto. Maybe think real hard and real slowly and then take one's best guess. Or "Go is hard."
]
;B[lr]BL[0]
;W[lq]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Not on the star point? After S2 I thought maybe gottaGo had revived its love affair with the major diagonal.
 gottaGo NR : gottaGo's fickle
]
;B[mo]BL[0]
;W[qj]WL[0]
;B[ko]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : The current version of plodder loves the peeping sort of move at M2. Often it's consistent enough to continue at N2 if opponent doesn't play it.
]
;W[ln]WL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : speak of the devil...
]
;B[jn]BL[0]
;W[io]WL[0]
;B[in]BL[0]
;W[go]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Janice Kim at the Go Congress talked about how cutting a 1-space jump is often a thank-you move. It looks as though plodder picked up that idea and ran with it in its own peculiar way.
 plodder NR : (looking at M5 and D15 and P17..)
]
;B[gn]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Little laptops have big ears.:-|
]
;W[fn]WL[0]
;B[ep]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : yes, lot's of that going on this game for sure
 gottaGo NR : interesting running fight across the bottom of the board
]
;W[oh]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Plodder likes contact plays in general. Should be interesting if I ever get tactics working.
]
;B[eq]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : It's sort of a silly fight when neither side plays M5.
 gottaGo NR : gottaGo hates contact fights (at least I hate it when gottaGo has them!)
]
;W[cq]WL[0]
;B[cr]BL[0]
;W[fp]WL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : begging for e5...
]
;B[fr]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : C2 looks like plodder has something interesting in mind, but in reality it's just hallucinating about the strength of single stones like C2.
]
;W[dr]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : E5 *would* be a good move around now, wouldn't it?
]
;B[ek]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : And D15, and P17, and P11..
]
;W[ci]WL[0]
;B[dk]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : How strong a player are you personally?
]
;W[rh]WL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : stronger than gottaGo :-)
]
;B[ck]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : I actually don't play -- I'd be some embarassing number of kyu if I did
 plodder NR : I'm humble myself, but I wouldn't damn myself with such faint praise as to compare myself to plodder.:-)
]
;W[gs]WL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : ugh
 plodder NR : M2 and S2 are sort of interesting moves, but to play them and then tenuki is questionable.:-)
]
;B[pk]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : gottaGo believes s2 "denies eyespace"
]
;W[qk]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Our programs should get together after the match and discuss their mass hallucinations about the strength of single stones.
]
;B[pj]BL[0]
;W[oj]WL[0]
;B[ol]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : gottaGo seems in love with the p line
 gottaGo NR : how dare you!
]
;W[nl]WL[0]
;B[qm]BL[0]
;W[om]WL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : Ah, back to the p line ...
]
;B[ri]BL[0]
;W[kc]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : I'd like plodder to get P17, then you can have most of the rest of the P line.
]
;B[mi]BL[0]
;W[lh]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Nothing like watching one's computer program play to have it hammered home what it really means to leave a situation unsettled.
]
;B[li]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : Yes!  this game need a maid... :-)
]
;W[jh]WL[0]
;B[ji]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Maybe gottaGo will scare plodder into playing p17. I can hope..
]
;W[ii]WL[0]
;B[ki]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : first 4-stone group!
]
;W[rb]WL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : if this doesn't prod out p17...
]
;B[qb]BL[0]
;W[rc]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Plodder only has time to look at a few moves per turn, and it's not very smart about choosing which ones. So it might take a while for it to notice that P17 became important.
]
;B[rd]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Ow.
]
;W[re]WL[0]
;B[id]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : s16 cancel's gottaGo's g1 :-)
 plodder NR : gottaGo finally takes its first free ponnuki from plodder.
]
;W[ic]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : plodder appreciates the stone on the first line.
]
;B[jc]BL[0]
;W[hc]WL[0]
;B[hd]BL[0]
;W[rg]WL[0]
;B[jd]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Another 4-stone group.
]
;W[lb]WL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : yes, now looking for a 5-stoner
 plodder NR : I'm steeling myself for L18 instead.
]
;B[kb]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : :-(
 gottaGo NR : we all know our own program's foibles painfully well :-)
]
;W[jb]WL[0]
;B[sg]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Your favor of G1 is returned.
 plodder NR : The interest will be paid later.
]
;W[ff]WL[0]
;B[lo]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : f14 not top of my priority list.  *sigh*
 plodder NR : Well, if plodder had to give you a ponnuki, I'm glad that it chose M5 as its excuse.
]
;W[jo]WL[0]
;B[on]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : plodder does love them ponnuki
]
;W[nn]WL[0]
;B[lk]BL[0]
;W[mp]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : getting gnawed to pieces
]
;B[kr]BL[0]
;W[iq]WL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : k3? ;-)
]
;B[ip]BL[0]
;W[jp]WL[0]
;B[ho]BL[0]
;W[hp]WL[0]
;B[hq]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : maybe you should change "plodder" to "persistent"
]
;W[eg]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : or "donor"
]
;B[mr]BL[0]
;W[ns]WL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : another "1"
]
;B[rl]BL[0]
;W[rn]WL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : still a mess
]
;B[bo]BL[0]
;W[bp]WL[0]
;B[hr]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Where is your cleaner at our time of great need?
]
;W[bk]WL[0]
;B[fi]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : By the way, my hat's off to you for your flawless data entry.
 gottaGo NR : yeah, got to get that protocol going!  And wait until the end of game for the hat thing. :-)
]
;W[gi]WL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : gottaGo's h4-n4 group can still easily get encircled
]
;B[fh]BL[0]
;W[kh]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Plodder would have to play H6 and then some good moves. I'd rather just see it play Q6.
]
;B[ih]BL[0]
;W[ij]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Still too early to tell for computer go, but this looks like a huge blowout victory for white, since plodder still has no settled groups and gottaGo has all those ponnukis.
]
;B[ik]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : gottaGo is good at unsettling groups and not following up.  We'll see.
]
;W[mj]WL[0]
;B[kk]BL[0]
;W[lj]WL[0]
;B[jk]BL[0]
;W[kj]WL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : k10 I presume?
]
;B[mk]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : plodder has its own ideas about how to play go.
 plodder NR : The bamboo joints looked nice though, didn't they?
 gottaGo NR : very
]
;W[nk]WL[0]
;B[kg]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : 5 stones!
]
;W[jj]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : I'm not sure why it doesn't like K10. I'm not following its analysis on the fly; I'll just look at the log file afterward. Then plodder and I will have a little discussion.
 plodder NR : And gottaGo hits the six-stone mark at a full gallop.
]
;B[lg]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : yes, something about ponnuki I imagine.  6 stone group.
]
;W[mh]WL[0]
;B[fl]BL[0]
;W[hm]WL[0]
;B[gl]BL[0]
;W[hl]WL[0]
;B[pp]BL[0]
;W[qp]WL[0]
;B[pn]BL[0]
;W[pm]WL[0]
;B[pl]BL[0]
;W[nm]WL[0]
;B[qe]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : I was thinking plodder would go for o5
]
;W[sd]WL[0]
;B[sb]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : It has a lot on its mind.:-) At this stage of the game it can think about very few moves and can make very strange choices for that reason.
]
;W[qr]WL[0]
;B[pr]BL[0]
;W[oq]WL[0]
;B[rp]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : doesn't anyone believe in defense any more? :-)
]
;W[rq]WL[0]
;B[hj]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : After I found that not only did no one like my old name ("crithith") but no one could pronounce it, I decided to choose a new one. "Blind Fury" after Rich Cook's books was on the short list.
 plodder NR : "Defense? What's that?"
]
;W[gj]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : We're moving into a solid blowout even more quickly than I anticipated.
]
;B[bi]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : still plenty of good moves on the board for plodder (or gottaGo) to find
]
;W[bj]WL[0]
;B[ac]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Unless your program has an important class of bugs we haven't seen yet, prospects look pretty dim.
 gottaGo NR : you mean -- endgame bugs? <cough>
]
;W[fj]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Something would have to happen before we get to the endgame.
]
;B[ab]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : plodder seems to be trying to rip a page from gottaGo's book a creeping along the first line.
]
;W[cm]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Speaking of endgame bugs, that's how I won the "let'
 plodder NR : s continue and see what happens" game against TeamGo at the Congress after the forfeit.
]
;B[cp]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : Plodder crawl , teamGo tenuki, plodder crawl, teamGo tenuki..
]
;W[lm]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : But that wouldn't be enough here -- endgame bugs don't help when all your groups die in the middle game.
]
;B[gk]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : well, I hate to fess up, but gottaGo will frequently not make crucial connections
 plodder NR : Yes (e.g. P17) but the error rate from plodder approaches an order of magnitude higher.
]
;W[fq]WL[0]
;B[gm]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : for instance, I have no confidence that gottaGo will successfully clear up the lower corners
 plodder NR : The right corner I could believe; if plodder stumbles into Q3, it could then play S5 and cause some problems..
]
;W[fk]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : ..but the left corner looks pretty impregnable, unless gottaGo has some special problems with that kind of shape.
]
;B[el]BL[0]
;W[em]WL[0]
;B[dm]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : actually it's not connections, it's finishing cuts -- miscounting liberties until too late
]
;W[dl]WL[0]
;B[km]BL[0]
;W[im]WL[0]
;B[pq]BL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : there's q3 -- what will gottaGo do...
]
;W[ps]WL[0]C[
 gottaGo NR : novel...
 plodder NR : de gustibus et de coloribus et de computer go..
]
;B[bq]BL[0]
;W[co]WL[0]
;B[sn]BL[0]C[
 plodder NR : So much for nice fantasies about finding S5.
]
;W[so]WL[0]
;B[sm]BL[0]
;W[or]WL[0]C[
 plodder NR : OK, I'm going to resign and think about strengthening my program for a later challenge. You can think about implementing Go modem protocol so it's less work to defend your position.:-)
];

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