Igowin is bad for your game

   

In the past I have been able to comfortably beat Igowin at levels up to 4 or 5 dan and occasionally beaten it at professional level. So recently I tried an experiment: play lots and lots of games against it as quickly as possible without thinking. I'm not sure if the results were to be expected or not, but I found myself getting into a rhythm of playing silly moves without thinking and after a while was losing more games on 2 dan than I was winning and even loosing occasionally on 1 kyu. When I slowed down I started winning again at 4 and 5 dan.

What conclusions are to be drawn from this? The most obvious one to me is that playing a lot against Igowin is detrimental to your game. I invite discussion on this. Have other people had the same experience? Is the conclusion valid at all levels (I am AGA 5d)?

nachtrabe: Maybe I'm confused, but isn't the obvious conclusion here that playing quickly is bad for your game?

Ah! But the point (which I guess I should have made clear) is that igowin plays so quickly it is very easy to get into that routine yourself


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