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KGS - the Kiseido Go Server
   

[ext] KGS is the Kiseido Go Server.

http://kgs.kiseido.com/images/kgsLogo.png

As a go server, sure you can play go on KGS! But it also has special features for teaching purposes. It is very easy to go through the game once it is finished to add variations and comments. You can ask an observer to add their own variations and you can save everything in SGF files. You can also upload games from your hard disk and review them on the server with your friends.

The client has been written in English, and has been translated to Japanese, French, Italian, German, Chinese and other languages. More translations are welcome! The main "room" is called the English Room, but it is really an international room. There are also rooms where speakers of Japanese, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Hungarian, Korean, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese-Brazilian, Dutch, and Turkish are encouraged to meet. There are extra rooms for the [ext] Wings Go Club and Hikaru no Go fans. Additionally, users may create public or private rooms.

You can log in to [ext] KGS using the website, with a Java applet. But for a more stable connection, you can also download the client CGoban2, which is also a good SGF editor / viewer. The client is written in Java, so you can use it under Windows, Linux, Solaris, MacOS (even MacOSX), ...

On Windows the client looks for Java 1.3 only. If you have J2SDK or J2RE 1.4 installed create a shortcut with the following command-line: "C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.0\bin\javaw.exe" -jar "C:\Program Files\kiseido\CGoban\cgoban.jar".

There are no commands on KGS. You can do everything from top line menus, buttons or using right-click menus. Pretty easy!

Four rule sets are available: you can choose between Japanese, Chinese, AGA, and New Zealand rules. You also have choice of four time systems: no time limit, absolute time (sudden death), Canadian overtime or byo-yomi.

[ext] http://kgs.kiseido.comhttp://kgs.kiseido.com/images/kgsIcon.png


We maintain a FAQ for the room "Deutsche Ecke" at KGS. Take a look at the FAQDeutscheEcke if you can read German.


Une [ext] page d'aide sur le serveur KGS ainsi qu'une FAQ sur le classement sont disponibles en français sur le site de Glue.


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This is a copy of the living page "KGS - the Kiseido Go Server" at Sensei's Library.
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