Life In 19x19

Playing it safe. Let's do a quick count:

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[go]$$Bcm1 Score - B:11, W:25
$$ +-----------------------+
$$ | b b b X . O . . . b b |
$$ | b b X b X . O X b b b |
$$ | . X X b X X O X m b b |
$$ | X O X X O O w O X b b |
$$ | . O O X O w O O X b b |
$$ | w O w O O , . . . . p |
$$ | O w w w O . . O X b b |
$$ | w O w O . . O X X b b |
$$ | w w O O . X X b m b b |
$$ | w w w . . . b b b b b |
$$ | w w w . . p b b b b b |
$$ +-----------------------+[/go]

B: 35 + 11 = 46 W: 18 + 25 = 43
Pretty close. And it also depends a lot on the position of his hidden move and how much he can do with his sente. If he plays G5 next he gets a few points in the center in gote, so I think he'll take one of the remaining plus zones.

Having pretty closely watched your other Batoo(-kovich) game, this has been fun to watch. You've definitely gotten a hang of the game (I'm not sure even watching all of these if I could play one of these well), and you seem to be playing it very well. I especially enjoy the comments pertaining to the Batoo specific portions of the game and how you think you're doing.

So, not really any question(s), but just a thumbs up and to say, nice game, nice commentary. Keep up the good work!

Question pertaining to freegame's hidden move: now that you've uncovered it, is this a pretty big surprise? You mentioned the fact that it was out there a number of times, but it really didn't seem to affect the way you were playing or planning. Was there a specific reason for this?