Study assistance software

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This is a list of computer programs or internet sites that can help you study. Some offer interactive study problems, some solve problems you setup. They are not fully functional go playing programs. For other programs see Go Programs.

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Internet Sites

  • EidoGo -- Web-based joseki tutor and SGF replayer
  • fuseki info? [ext] http://fuseki.info/ : Online version of the BiGo Assistant Profi - professional Go games database (more than 48,000 games). Contains game records, game lists, fuseki and joseki trees.
  • Gotv? [ext] http://www.gotv.com.cn -- Go tutor with voice and "Pause and Try" function. Hundreds of lessons and game reviews. Chinese only. Lessons can be played online, or downloaded and played using offline player.
  • Guo Juan's Internet Go School [ext] http://internetgoschool.com -- Online Go teaching school, recorded audio Go lectures.
  • InfluenceMap -- Interactive go maps (influence, tension, etc.)

Programs (that run on your local computer)

  • BiGo - more than 1 500 000 games. About 50 000 of them are professional. Full board, half board and 3/4 board Fuseki, Joseki (12x12 and 9x9 corners) bases with billions variations built from all games.
  • baduK pattern software -- baduK, searching for patterns within game collections. (Open Source)
  • Complete Gu-Go? [ext] http://www.magnolia.co.jp/ The software has suddenly become a game has a strong reason. It's Monte Carlo (repeat to study and numerical simulation using a random number, means that the method evaluates a mathematical approximation), but thought to incorporate the engine. This software is a game closer to human thinking is innovative software such as a game to beat a human has been born. Go for the fans is a dream era. Conventional software, and forms of life or death thriller but is pretty weak, often stone dead. To overcome the weak, the surprise hit in the groin like you, you complete a game software Go Gu aggressive will fight his mechanism. 12.800 yen
  • Dariush [ext] http://ricoh51.free.fr/indexeng.htm Pattern software
  • Drago -- Drago is a SGF viewer/editor you can use to replay problems and games, and play against GNU Go.
  • Encyclopedia Of Life And Death
  • Fuseki Made Easy
  • Go Album -- Organizes a collection of Go problems with which to practice your reading skills.
  • Go Dojo: Contact Fights -- tutoring on close combat technique (not tesuji or life and death)
  • Go Dojo: Sector Fights -- tutoring on strategy
  • Go Elementary Training and Dan Level Testing
  • Go Game Assistant [ext] http://www.go-assistant.com/ : Online version of the Go Game Assistant - A comprehensive tool for Go games. It can help you play, study Go games, comment a game with reference inserts, play online, record, print, manage Go files, convert different formats, and it even includes coaching courses. In addition, it help you study Go game and manage your Go game records collections very expediently. CD include (more than 35,000 games).
  • GoGoD [ext] http://www.gogod.co.uk -- Go database plus many features suitable for go study, and many pro commentaries.
  • GoGrinder -- A Java program for practicing Go problems.
  • GoKnot Plays locally (using the included GNU Go), Analyzes: score, territory, best moves, dragons. Plays and observes (multiple games) at IGS, creates bitmaps of boards, and more. (Windows only)
  • goproblemscom2gquiz.sh
  • Gotaro's 5800 Go Problems - English Trial Version? [ext] http://gotaro.homeip.net/ : downloadable, free of charge for testing, from the Gotaro website for Windows 2000/Me/XP/Vista. Covers 2000 tsumego problems, 1800 tesuji problems and 2000 fuseki problems for 9 kyu up to dan level players. Computer plays moves responsive to any good or bad moves you play. The trial version changes into a formal full version by entering a license key number (US$65.00).
  • gquiz? [ext] http://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~strombrg/software/gquiz.html. General-purpose program for asking Go-problems. Tries to avoid problems you already answered right and repeats problems you answered wrong. Very nice to use with CGoban1.
  • Go Tools -- THE best known, and possibly best tsumego solver
  • Jacoto -- A game collection manager.(GPL).
  • Jseki -- A tsumego teaching tool
  • Kombilo -- Database software for studying saved games. Included in GoGoD
  • gogameonline Life and death problems for Windows [ext] http://www.gogameonline.com -- Solve go game life and death problems to promote your skill.
  • gogameonline Life and death problems for mobile devices [ext] http://www.gogameonline.com/mobile -- Enjoy go game anytime, anywhere. Support the following mobile devices: Pocket PC, Smartphone, Palm, Symbian, Java.

Scripts

  • disort.sh - sorts the problems from www.goproblems.com in order of the rank - for linux users.
  • sortProblemsByRank.bat - accomplishes the same as disort.sh but for windows xp users.

See also


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