NGF

Table of contents Software that can handle NGF files See Also Format explanation

NGF is an ASCII file format used by the Korean wBaduk server for game records.

Sample NGF file:

Oro2000 Promotional Match
19
jin42      10K*
velobici   10K
www.orozone.com
0
0
6
20060928 [08:59]
15
White loses on time
247
PMABBREER
PMACWEQQE
PMADBQRRQ
PMAEWEEEE
PMAFBPDDP
...
PMJMWDGGD
PMJNBEKKE

Software that can handle NGF files

• MultiGo
• SmartGo

Wbaduk Ngf2Sgf Converter for Windows.

Java utility to convert to SGF: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=155092

java utility chokes if:

player names contain spaces or periods ("Lee S.D."); player ranks are professional ranks ("9P"); game is not finished (line 11: "Progressing!"); game result is not "White/Black wins by score/resignation" ("White wins by resi!").

Perl script written by John Collins who couldn't get above to work: http://www.stalbans-go.org.uk/ngf2sgf.pl

Great script. But replace

if (/resig/) {

with

if (/esig/) {

to handle case of capital 'R' in "Resign"

Eric Backus modified and updated the above perl script, the result is downloadable from http://alum.mit.edu/www/eric_backus/.

(N.B. Currently the 'Oro2000' is being missed from the first line of the NGF files by the Wbaduk server. This may make some routines that process NGF files fail. --PeterHB, 2009/11/02)

(2013/26/05) The java utility ngf2sgf is currently under development at https://launchpad.net/ngf2sgf. The above bugs had been fixed. Do report any further bugs to launchpad.

(2014/04/03) GokifuCom Perl scripts for converting gib->sgf open sourced https://github.com/bazilxp/gokifu

GokifuCom itself supports conversion through uploadidng file

See Also

Go Game File Format

Format explanation

Initial lines:

1. Application name + game type

Application name:

Oro2000

Game type:

Promotional match = ranking game

Friendly match = free game.

2. Boardsize

3. White player + rank

4. Black player + rank

5. Website name

6. Handicap

7. Unknown

8. Komi

As a whole number. The 0.5 is assumed for even games. Handicap games do not add 0.5.

9. Date

10. Unknown

11. Result

Example values:

Black wins by resignation!

White wins by resignation!

Black wins by 16.5 points! >> White(66):Black(89)

White wins by 18.5 points! >> White(100):Black(88)

White loses on time

(also) Progressing! (for games not finished)

12. Total no. moves

Rest of file is the moves.

PMABBREER

Column meanings:

Column 1+2 : PM = Player Move

Column 3+4 : Move counter AB, AC, AD, ... AY, AZ, BA, BB, BC ...

Column 5 : B or W = Black or white

Column 6 -> 9 : Move coordinate.