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KGS - the Kiseido Go Server
Keywords: Clubs & Places, Software
The Kiseido Go Server first opened under the name "Igoweb" in April 2000. The original rec.games.go announcement can be found 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 You can log in to KGS using the website, with a Java applet, but for a more stable connection you can 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, and MacOSX. On some Windows system the client cannot properly find your java executable. If you have trouble getting to to run, try creating a shortcut with a command line similar to this: "C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.0\bin\javaw.exe" -jar "C:\Program Files\kiseido\CGoban\cgoban.jar" You must replace the C:\...\javaw.exe part with the actual path to your java executable. If you aren't sure what that is, try using the Windows file find utility and search for a file named "javaw.exe". There are no commands on KGS. You can do everything from top line menus, buttons or using right-click menus. Pretty easy! Rule setsFour rule sets are available: you can choose between Japanese, Chinese, AGA, and New Zealand rules. Time systemsYou also have choice of four time systems: no time limit, absolute time (sudden death), Canadian overtime or byo-yomi. Multilingual support
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This is a copy of the living page "KGS - the Kiseido Go Server" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |