Silver Star
Keywords: Software
SilverStar is the Japanese edition of North Korean program KCC Igo. Its is a commercial go playing program written for the Windows operating system.
KCC Igo was the Gifu Challenge winner from 2003 to 2006.
The earliest versions of KCC Igo and Hamlet which competed from 1997 through 2000 were accused of plagiarizing Prof. Chen Zhixing's program HandTalk. It is unknown whether subsequent versions continue to plagiarize, due to anti-tracing measures added to KCC Igo.