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Turn-Based Go Servers
   

... allow you to play Go when and as long (or short) you want.

You do not have to finish a started game at once. You log in once every 12, 24, 48 or n hours to place your next move. Thus games can (and will) take several weeks or even months.

For those of us, who wish not to be online all the time (or to get into a long game at one session), these are perfect. Most turn-based Go servers require only a web browser. You neither need a Go client nor you have to ask an admin to reconfigure a firewall.


Dragon Go Server (DGS): Go only server with many features: a reliable rating system, handicaps up to 35 stones, nigiri, many time systems, boards from 5x5 to 25x25, etc.

Little Golem: Turn-based game server, including 9x9, 13x13 and 19x19 Go. This server is centred around tournament play. Individual (unrated) games are also possible. Time limit is 240 hours per player plus 36 hours per move, but with vacation time a game will only time out when a player does not move for 30 days.

ItsYourTurn.com (IYT): Game server including Go, Go-Moku, Chess, Chinese Chess, and other games. Based upon web browser access. Time limits are from 3 days per move to 45 days per move, but allow no byo-yomi. A drawback is that there is often a dispute on scoring (usually due to walls not being fully built on the edges).

KGS: It is also possible to play turn-based games at KGS: Set the time system to "None". Then it's possible to make your move even if the opponent is not logged in. Playing turn-based games at KGS has the advantage that you can play in realtime if you want the game to finish a bit sooner than it would with one move a day. The disadvantage is that there is no time limit.

[ext] Four Color Go (4CG): Small experimental turn-based Go server supporting only 19x19 games with 4 players. It has only very few features which allows you to play the games. The source code is available and the developer is happy to include third-party code contributions.


Turn-based Go Guild (TBGG): A group of 120+ people, who play turn-based Go. They maintain a related web site and mailing list. Free membership. - Some time (years) ago Go players, unsatisfied with the It's Your Turn game server's features of that time, gathered at TBGG's mailing list. Which finally lead to the creation of new turn-based Go servers. - TBGG's focus shifted a little since then, but TBGG remains to be an active community of people, who like to play turn-based Go.



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