Release: 2010
Genre: puzzle
Developer: smart games
Language: En
Size: 41MB (3% repair) RS

Go, called "baduk" in Korean and "wei-chi" in Chinese, is a 4,000 year-old game of strategy played by more than 100 million people


Go, called "baduk" in Korean and "wei-chi" in Chinese, is a 4,000 year-old game of strategy played by more than 100 million people. Go was considered one of the Four Great Accomplishments of ancient China, one of the worthy pursuits of a lifetime - along with poetry, archery, and calligraphy. It is both an art and a mental workout - ingeniously disguised as a game. Anyone, from children of five or six to people in their nineties, can play and enjoy Go! The Many Faces of Go is the 1998 World Computer Go Champion, and ten time US Computer Go Champion. It is one of the strongest Computer Go opponents in the world, and has many other great features including an integrated IGS client so you can play on the internet. A sophisticated set of Go problems and a Joseki tutor help you improve your game. Features: Sound. Realistic clicks and capture sounds, and sounds for pass, IGS match, etc. * Strong go player. 10 levels of play, from about 20 kyu to about 8 kyu. 1998 World Computer Go Champion. * Move suggestions. At each move it can show suggestions for next move, by category (such as attacking, invading, endgame, etc). Can also show liberty counts and/or group strengths for all groups. The computer can show its lookahead while it is thinking. * Game Score Graph. Graph your score at each move. Click on a move to go to that position. * Move hints. Suggests your best move. * Much more!

Features:

* Great graphics. Beautiful and adjustable 3-D slate and clamshell stones with shadows, and realistic wood grain. You can rotate the board, or add coordinates. Won the "Best Design" award at the 1991 World Computer Go Championship.
* Sound. Realistic clicks and capture sounds, and sounds for pass, IGS match, etc.
* Strong go player. 6 levels of play, from 18 Kyu to 2 kyu. 2008 World Computer Go Champion in both 19x19 and 9x9.
* Go tutorial. Over 100 screens of text, examples, and simple problems teach you the rules, elementary tactics and strategies.
* Go problems. Over 2000 go problems for all levels of player. The program selects problems for you based on your strength, and tracks your strength as you solve them. Problems appear in different orientations and colors to aid learning. Go problems can be updated over the internet, and it is easy for you to add additional problems or problem sets.
* Play go on the Internet. An Internet Go Server client is built in so you can play go on the internet with the familiar Many Faces interface, and use its powerful editing features to comment your games.
* Move suggestions. At each move it can show suggestions for next move, by category (such as attacking, invading, endgame, etc). Can also show liberty counts and/or group strengths for all groups. The computer can show its lookahead while it is thinking.
* Game Score Graph. Graph your score at each move. Click on a move to go to that position.
* Move hints. Suggests your best move.
* Move explanations. Can explain why it made a move or suggested a move for you.
* Computer solving of go problems. The computer can solve life and death problems in your games to help you improve.
* Thousands of games to play through. Hundreds of professional games with commentary. About a thousand uncommented professional game records, organized by tournament. About a thousand commented amateur games from the Go Teaching Ladder. Over 4,000 uncommented very strong amateur games.
* Powerful Game Editor. Can present for review any game in the standard Ishi format (.go) or the popular Smart Game Format (.sgf). When reviewing a game you can try to guess the next move. A wide variety of marks are supported. You can add commentary or variations. Use ctrl-click to move directly to any move in the game. Insert, delete, or drag stones to new positions. Great for recording your own games for later study.
* Can play and score using all major rule sets (Japanese, Chinese, GOE, and American).
* Can play either color, or serve as an electronic go board for two people.
* Can give or receive a handicap.
* Fuseki Library. A library of opening sequences on the whole board from almost 100,000 professional and strong amateur games. At each position, shows the popularity of each next move. Every game played is added to the libray. You can add additional games.
* Joseki Tutor. Over 45,000 move library of standard corner sequences is available for browsing or testing. Includes joseki, near-joseki, trick plays, and responses to many bad moves. Use it to look up variations, or to test your joseki knowledge.
* Play by modem. Uses the Computer Go standard modem protocol for play with any other go program that supports this protocol. Either player can make moves for either color,allowing discussion or teaching games. Players can type messages to each other during the game.
* Printing of go diagrams or full games with numbered moves.
* On-line manual with information on history, tournaments, professionals, etc.

System requirements:
IBM-PC or compatible, Pentium or faster, 32 bit or 64 bit CPU, Windows NT, XP, 2000, Vista (32 or 64 bit), or Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit). 256 MB or more main memory.

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