Far from it. That looks like Greetgo, a player that opens saying “Hi” or “Hello” and still maintains a 2dan rank.
Are you evoking that handicap variant, where the weak takes white, and lose if the strong lives?
(Would fit better with attorante position)
No, just a person who uses the opening to spell “Hi” and then proceeds to murder you.
Edit: see game against Gooplet as an example.
Ok. I think that board is quite similar to a 9 stones handicap with inversed colors.
Checking with KataGo, that “HI” opening loses about 50-60 points, which is closer to the point value of 4-5 handicap. The point value of 9 handicap is about twice as big according to KataGo.
Yep, I would say that having that big clump of stones in the middle isn’t very efficient, but it isn’t negligible either!
I finally have one cool and rare shape [Rare] Seki on whole board
Symmetry is so beautiful <3
Tho i was bit disappointed that black didnt answer at B7… would have made the board so pretty ^^
In this 13x13 game my opponent and i constructed an impressively extensive false eye structure:
Also a big bomber of some sort.
I’d like to call this shape the bacteriophage:
From KataGo self-play game 132: KataGo 7 komi self-play - game 132
The B2 bomber is not powerful enough for Kata. I present to you the B-21 raider:
From KataGo self-play game 135: KataGo 7 komi self-play - game 135
And there’s a rectangular six shape in the same game too. Katago seems to have superhuman understanding about the strength of solid connections!
Not to mention three proper B2 bombers, one of which even overlaps with the B-21 raider…
I found an interesting game. You will see crab eyes after move 40
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