Revelation Space

Sunday, 11 March 2012

A Game of Go

Me v GNU Go 3.8
Final Position
11/03/12















(;GM[1]FF[4] CA[UTF-8] AP[Quarry:0.2.0] SZ[19] HA[6] KM[6.5] PB[saienia] PW[GNU Go 3.8] RE[B+20.5] AB[dd][pd][dj][pj][dp][pp] ;W[fq];B[mc];W[iq];B[hc];W[np];B[dg];W[cn];B[pg];W[cq];B[pm] ;W[en];B[pr];W[cc]C[Being a very high kyu player, I've always hated the\ san-san invasion, so i looked up a basic way of handling it. Defend in\ the direction you have the greatest area.] ;B[dc];W[cd];B[cb];W[bb];B[ca];W[qc]C[I was expecting the ai to play \ (a). Instead another invasion. I've since learnt that the trade of the \ corner for influence so comparable.] LB[ab:a];B[qd];W[pc];B[rc];W[rb];B[sc];W[sb];B[rd];W[pb] ;B[ob];W[qa];B[oc];W[nm];B[bc]C[I am inherently afraid of playing such \ a move because tactically I am very weak, but the benefit of playing \ against a computer, with no time limit, meant I could figure out what I\ wanted to do.] ;W[bd];B[ac]C[At this point the computer ai just left his group in the \ top left without much of a fight. Probably lucky for me.] (;W[mk];B[ba];W[mi];B[mg];W[kh];B[hf];W[ih];B[gj];W[je];B[jd] ;W[gl];B[cl];W[hk];B[hh];W[lq];B[ii]C[Time to invade and soak up some \ of white 'territory'! The computer as you will see was happy to oblige.] ;W[ji];B[ij];W[kk];B[jk];W[im];B[jl];W[lm];B[km];W[ln];B[kn] ;W[ie];B[he];W[ig];B[hg];W[kd];B[kc];W[ld];B[lc];W[ko];B[kl] ;W[jn];B[jj];W[kj];B[ne];W[bm];B[bl];W[al];B[ak];W[am];B[bk] ;W[id];B[jc];W[hd];B[gc];W[gd];B[fd];W[ic];B[ib];W[ge];B[fe] ;W[gf];B[gg];W[ll];B[ff];W[lf];B[me];W[hj];B[hi];W[nr];B[fi] ;W[or];B[pq];W[ps];B[qs];W[os];B[qr];W[lg];B[le];W[ke];B[mf] ;W[fk];B[fj];W[ek];B[ej];W[oo];B[po];W[on];B[pn];W[md];B[nd] ;W[if];B[dl];W[el];B[dm];W[dn];B[em];W[fm];B[gk];W[hl];B[dk] ;W[fl];B[fg];W[cm];B[ni];W[mh];B[nh];W[nj];B[oj];W[ok];B[pk] ;W[ol];B[pl];W[oq];B[om];W[oa];B[na];W[pa];B[nb];W[op];B[ph] ;W[jm];B[bf]C[I was paranoid I'd lose the game because I was unsure of \ the aji in the top left.] ;W[il];B[ik];W[];B[]C[White: 91 territory + 1 capture + 6.5 komi = 98.5 Black: 115 territory + 4 captures = 119.0 Black wins by 20.5]TB[da:ma][aa:ab][bb][db:hb][jb:mb][cc] [ec:fc][nc][ed][sd][ad:ce][de:ee][od:oe][pe:se][cf:ef][nf:sf] [eg][ng:og][dh:gh][qg:sh][di:ei][gi][oh:oi][pi:si][af:aj] [bg:cj][ck][qj:sq][rr:ss] TW[ra:sa][qb][jf:kg][jh][lh][ki:li][lj:mj][lk][nk][ml:nl] [gm:hm][fn:in][mm:mn][nn][lo:no][co:jp][kp:mp][dq:eq][gq:hq] [jq:kq][mq:nq][an:bs][cr:ms][ns] ) (;W[ad];B[ba];W[ab];B[bf]C[To my high kyu mind this is a possible \ (favourable) outcome.] ) )

A happy win, though I really should play instinctively (aka with a time limit) rather than taking my time :P