Encyclopedia of Life and Death
Encyclopedia of Live and Death CD by Cho Chikun Kisei, Honinbo
- From the
Kiseido page. placeholder till folks that have the CD rewrite this.
The largest collection of life-and-death problems ever assembled in any format. Nearly 3,000 problem are contained in this user friendly software. The problems are divided into five categories:
- Beginner (200 problems)
- Elementary (922 problems)
- Intermediate (935 problems)
- Advanced (793 problems)
- Strange and unusual positions (28 problems)
Diligent study of this software will make your life-and-death problem-solving ability that of a dan-level player.
Note: This product runs only on IBM compatible machines (meaning MS-DOS)
The Elementary level problems include problem 405.
UlrichGoertz: In my opinion this is a great resource for players
of almost all levels. The user interface is a bit outdated, though, so people may want to translate the problems into SGF format. Bill Shubert has written a tool which does this:
cho2sgf (this is the source code in C, and should be easy to use on Unix systems). I have translated this into Python:
cho2sgf.py; to use this version, you need to have
Python installed. The problems can then be used with Uligo, for example.
bocephus: I have this and find it a wonderful resource, especially combined with Uligo. The MS-DOS part of the program doesn't work on my XP or Server 2000 boxes. It did work under an old 98 box. Luckily, you don't need a working install to run the script to convert for Uligo usage. Now if I can figure out how to get Uligo working for my Clie, I'll be all set.
pc: You can run this old DOS program on most machines if you get the DOS emulator: dosbox. You can download dosbox off the web. I carry the program around on a memory stick and can use it on a multitude of machines, new and old.