Code Name: BlueSpot — GreenSpot (Go AI)

I tried some random placement handicap against it! Can recommend, it’s a lot of fun and harder than I expected :grin:

I lost the first three games:

I was maybe a bit overconfident and played too quickly.

Then I tried a normal handicap for comparison, which was a lot easier:

Finally I got revenge with another random handicap:

I thought I was hanging on well this time, but according to the KataGo graph I only won because cEmbryo made a big blunder:
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After white greedily played M18 in the game, the big white group on the bottom died. If white had settled the bottom group instead, black has a small lead (~7 points) but with the ko in the lower right still making things messy I think white has good chances.

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