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Igowin
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Igowin is a 9x9 demo version of The Many Faces of Go. It's considered to be a nice, fairly easy introduction to Go.

You can get it at David Fotland's page: [ext] http://www.smart-games.com/igowin.html

Occasionally, Igowin plays a short game.

See also Rank as given by Igowin.


Difficulty

 Rank       Handicap    Igowin's colour
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 25k-23k        5           White
 22k-20k        4           White
 19k-17k        3           White
 16k-13k        2           White
 12k-9k         0           White
 8k-5k          0           Black
 4k-1k          2           Black
 1d-3d          3           Black
 4d-6d          4           Black
 Professional   5           Black

Jasonred: A pretty unique thing about Igowin, IMHO, is its speed, responding to moves as soon as you place them. This is good and bad, in that it makes practice smooth and quick, no waiting for your opponent. On the other hand, this teaches some bad habits, like playing too quickly (in response to Igowin), thinking during your own hand, instead of while the opponent is thinking, and such. All in all though, I prefer Igowin, as it annoys me no end when a program takes like 2 minutes to block my peep during the endgame...


JanDeWit: It has the standard Way to Go tutorial, it plays only on 9x9 and you can only crank up the difficulty by getting better yourself (after studying a little bit I rocketed up from around 23kyu with 4/5 handicap to 12 kyu with no handicap, so I guess I'm getting better).

I actually like the fact that you can't undo moves, as this forces you to think and not just click somewhere in the hope that your move works out OK. Too bad I don't have the cash to buy the full version (yet?). I think this program is nice for beginners to practice their tactical skills.


Sometimes, Igowin cannot properly count territory

[Diagram]
Igowin at 5k; unknown marked territory

The marked points are considered dame by Igowin during the counting.



This is a copy of the living page "Igowin" at Sensei's Library.
(OC) 2003 the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0.