Sunday, 17 February 2008

2007_04_01_archive



Nihon Kiin's New Go Game Machine 9x9

Don't let the little kid's smile fool you -- she's a killer!

Seriously, this little igo program (shown running on Windows XP) is

the first 9x9 player I've seen that lets you take back one, two, three

or all moves, and replay them. Also has a hint button and a position

evaluator as neat as SmartGo's or Many Faces'. You can play against

three personalities -- Hikaru^/-, Yukari^/= and Professor Owa* -- and

they're all about equally frustrating to lose to.

"Professor Owa" plays about evenly against GNU Go 3.7.10 at level 10,

so... maybe somewhere between 9 kyu and 6 kyu?

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/-Hikaru no Go

/=Umezawa Yukari, the 5 dan pro who vets Hikaru no Go


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