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Computer Go
Software that Plays Go
Commercial products
These are programs you can purchase on the Internet, from a vendor (Yutopian has a very good selection) or in most cases from the author.
- Tensai Go: More than 400,000 copies sold in Japan. Try it for free; buy it for $20.
- EZ-Go: by Bruce Wilcox. The registered version plays with nine different personalities.
- FunGo: Includes a tutorial and 200 life and death problems. Play against the computer, or against a human opponent over the Internet. Click here to download a 9x9 version.
- Go++ : Author Michael Reiss claims his program is "the strongest in the world"
- Handtalk: DOS-based Winner of the 1993 World Computer Go Congress. Click here to download a 9x9 version.
- Many Faces of Go: Purchase David Fotland's award-winning program here, or click here to download Igowin, a 9x9 freeware demo.) above.
- SmartGo: Anders Kierulf's sophisticated tool for creation and review of computerized game records contains a library of over 36,000 professional games, It also plays against human opponents. 15-day free trial download.
- WULU: Winner of the 2000 Ing Computer Go Championship.
The other programs listed below are available for free download; some work well on a variety of platforms, with others, you get what you pay for.
- Aigo: Shareware plays go on your Palm
Pilot
- Augos 6: Joachim Pimiskern test his
theories of intelligence
- Dariush: 13x13 freeware, compatible with
Kogo's Joseki Dictionary
- Explorer: Claims to be the strongest
program for the Mac
- GoSuite: A complete
go application for your Pocket PC or SmartPhone: play
against GnuGo, record your games, view sgf files
- Igo:
DOS-based 9x9 version of Dave Fotland's Many Faces of
Go rates your play as you progress
- Lumpy: Fast, easy to beat, uses Chinese
scoring
- Minimago: 9X9 version of the DOS-based ImaGo
program
- SW1:
You can't beat the price!
- TMW:
Another DOS-based demo
- TurboGo In DOS (318K) amd Windows (1.14M)
versions -- both versions include a tutorial. Don't miss
their screen saver -- use it to play through games when
the computer is idle.
- Wally: A simple
program with C source code
- XO:
DOS-based program with ASCII interface by Colin
Walker
* WCGC = World Computer Go Championship, also currently
known as the FOST cup.
Online Go
Thousand of people are playing go at all levels on the
Internet right now! Click here
for a list of go servers and "clients" software for use
with open-source servers like IGS).
Software that Teaches Go
These programs do not play, but they are designed to
show you things that may improve your play. Searchable game
collections, joseki tutors and other 'treating software"
can be found in this category. Most of these programs are
commercial products.
- GoTools 1.1: Estimates your strength by
testing you with life and death problems.
Software that Helps You Study
The following programs enable you to record games for
later review. Some also allow you to save variations, make
comments, mark alternate moves, print diagrams and so on.
Each has its own interface, unique features and drawbacks.
They are sorted by platform.
Windows:
- Compogo: An easy to use game database.
- Deepthinking Game review software
that compares your game to its library of 2200 pro
games
- Drago Browse and edit files; print and export; play against GnuGo.
- Fuseki.info: Online database of more than
28,000 professional games
- Go Game Assistant : Play online,
record and analyze your own games or study the library of
33,000 professional agmes or other teaching materials
included with this shareware program
- GoGap: Guess the next move as you play
through games and this Windows-based program from China
keeps score. (Yutopian)
- Go2000: Game record database management
system with pattern recognition.
- GoGod95: Free download of the
above program without the database.
- GoGrinder: a Java program for practicing go problems in SGF
format. 347 problems are included in the install, and thousands more
are easily downloadable (pointers in the documentation).
- GoWrite: Recording software with many
advanced options for printing game records.
- Hibiscus Go: An oldie but goodie --
this shareware editor has been around since 1997.
- Infowalker Game Viewer: a lightweight
HTML-based approach, which walks the reader through
commentary while dynamically updating a corresponding go
board. Nifty, but very little content.
- JaGo: This game recorder also works as an
IGS client.
- MasterGo: A collection of
>33,000 pro games -- search by player or by opening
pattern. Demo includes 800 games with san-ren-sei
openings. (Slate and Shell)
- RPGo:
Windows based, uses ishi format. With source code.
- SmartGo: Windows software to play, replay,
analyze, study, and print go games. With over 38,000
professional games and over 2000 problems. Free 15-day
trial.
- TeleGo: Play go with a friend directl;y by
modem, not on the Internet.
- WinMGT: "My Go Tutor", a Windows-based
program for recording and reviewing games.
WindowsCE:
- Miniban: Help Sebastian Helm
beta-test his recording/reviewing program for Windows
CE.
Macintosh:
- Goban: Free
from Sente Software for Mac OS X 10.3
- GoMo: Free game recording software for the
Mac OS/X.
PalmOS:
- Go for Palm OS: Free game
record/review software for the Palm operating
system.
- PilotGone: Free recording software for the
Palm operating system.
- PalmGo: Free game record/review software for
the Palm operating system.
MIDP 1.0 Java enabled cell phone:
- Gome : Play on IGS, access online game database, review games.
- Mgo: Record, replay and analyze games on your PDA or cell phone.
- GoReader : lets you download and review sgf
files on your java-enabled cell phone.
Unix/Linux:
- Cgoban 1: UNIX source code for the
Kiseido Go Server's client.
- Hikarunix: Download this 190 MB Unix
operating system, burn to a CD and then use the CD to
start your computer under Unix. (To return to
DOS/Windows, remove the CD and restart again.)
Java:
- JiGo: Source code for a Java-based
game recording program.
Other Platforms:
- GoBoard: Free "intelligent go board"
for Psion 3a/c/mx system.
- TiGo: Record and review games on the Texas
Instruments TI-89.
- Went: Record and review games on the Psion
EPOC32, Series 5, 5mx and Ericsson MC 218.
Software for Playing Go on the
Internet
Some go servers on the Internet require you to provide
your own "client", a graphic interface that converts code
transmitted by the server into a user friendly visual
display. Some of these programs also allow you to read sgf
files.
Windows
- GoKnot: Play or observe up to 24 games at
once.
- Netgame: Play by e-mail or direct P2P
connection, no server required.
- SmartGo: Anders Kierulf's multi-function go
study tool also enables you to play and observe games on
the Internet Go Server (IGS).
- TanGo: Allows you to connect to several
servers at once.
- TGWin: Shareware from Stephen Richard.
- ViziGo: Free with source code.
Macintosh
Unix
- Cgoban_1: KGS creator Bill Shubert's
client includes the source code.
Atari ST
- STigc: Available with source
code.
P2P
- Go
Black and White: Sung-jin Kim's work in progress
allows two players to link and play directly over the
Internet. In the future he hopes to add audio chat and
other features.
Pairing Programs
- AccelRat: uses the algorithm that
powers the AGA rating system to "rate" players, pairing
those who seem closest in strength.
- WinTD:
Capable of pairing knockout, Swiss-McMahon and other
formats, and generating reports compatible with the AGA
rating system. Click
here to download the instruction manual as a pdf
file. NOTE: This program requires Microsoft Access 2000.
A run-time version is available for users who do not have
Access 2000. Write to author Chuck Robbins at chuck@ctipc.com for more
information on the latest version of this program.
For Programmers
Other Programs
- Hikarunix: Download this 190 MB Unix
operating system, burn to a CD and then use the CD to
start your computer.
- Corinnax Rendersoft SGF Reader:
Diagram preparation utility that purportedly appears
inside your application, but we had a hard time getting
it to work.
- Jacoto: Java-based sgf file
maintenance utility.
- sgf2misc: A utility that converts sgf
files to other popular formats.
- Screen Saver: When your computer is idle,
this utility will play through any collection of games at
random on your monitor.
- Go in Tex: A utility for typesetting
Go diagrams in Tex.
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