Added handicap to the computer-go interface February 7th, 2008 I added the possibility to play with handicap against the GnuGo computer-Go program, online. This should make games more interesting. Link to computer-Go page here. Also, I owe an apology: I have introduced a bug that resulted in the board not to be displayed at all for the InternetExplorer users for the last few days. Fixed now. (By the way, why not use Firefox instead of InternetExplorer?) Posted in computer-go, firefox,
When most people think of the GPL, if they think of it at all, they tend to think of Linux and perhaps other operating systems. However, there are many benefits to using the GPL for programs on a smaller level. For example there is a Go Application in Facebook. This programmer could have gone through the near impossible headache of creating an implementation of Go. However, as Wikipedia mentions, it is very tough to create sofware to play go, “While the strongest computer chess software
Play Computer-Go Online at 361points.com December 24th, 2007 I just added a new feature at 361points.com: the capability of playing computer-go online, against the GnuGo engine. You can try it out here and please let me know what you think. I am using the wonderful, recently released open-source library EidoGo for the user interface. I coded the server side myself - while EidoGo does come with integrated PHP scripts for GnuGo interaction, my website is based on Django, which is a Python web
GNU Go is a free software program by the Free Software Foundation that plays Go. Its source code is quite portable, and can be easily compiled for Linux, as well as other Unix-like systems, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X; ports exist for other platforms.
The program plays Go against the user, at about 8 to 12 kyu strength. Multiple board sizes are supported, from 5×5 to 19×19.
GNU Go is comparable in strength to the top commercial programs, having won or placed at many computer Go tournaments. It took the gold medal at the 2003 and 2006 Computer Olympiad and second place at the 2006 Gifu Challenge.
Although ASCII-based, GNU Go supports two protocols — the Go Modem Protocol and the Go Text Protocol — by which GUIs can interface with it to give a graphical display. Several such GUIs exist. GTP also allows it to play online on Go servers (through the use of bridge programs), and copies can be found running on NNGS, KGS, and probably others.
The current (stable) version of GNU Go is 3.6.
A version called Pocket GNU Go, based on GNU Go 2.6, is available for the Windows CE operating system (Pocket PC). Versions based on the much weaker 1.2 engine also exist for the Game Boy Advance and Palm Pilot.
See also
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Video games Portal
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^ Computer Go - Past Events
^ Gifu Challenge 2006
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