Re: computer-go: Computer Go

[Guillem <guillembar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2001-09-17 at 18:16, G.Q. Xie wrote:
> I played a lot computer Go games last week since my
> company was temporarily closed after the WTC attack in
> NYC. It was a kind of escape for me from all sadness.
> My local fire station lost nine firefighters at WTC,
> and a lot of people from my neighbor are still
> missing. Back to my question, I’m new to Go, and I
> have probably played 50+ games against FunGo. At
> beginning, I lost badly to FunGo, but now I can win
> games by 10 points to 50+. Is there a stronger
> computer Go game worth to purchase or download?

First, I'm very sorry for what has happened in the USA this last week..
On Tuesday, when I turned on the tv and watched those scenes I first
thought it couldn't be happening... I'm very sorry...

As Go is concerned, I think HandTalk, Many Faces of Go ang Go4++ are the
strongest programs (I'm also new at Go, so I might be wrong).. I also
think all of them are commercial.. I've posted some addresses.. I don't
find one for HandTalk, but you can buy it at www.yutopian.com and
probably at www.samarkand.net . For a free program, give a try to
GnuGo.. It's quite strong (at least for me as a beginner).. 

Go4++ http://www.reiss.demon.co.uk/webgo/goprog.htm
Many Faces of Go http://www.smart-games.com/manyfaces.htm
GnuGo http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/gnugo.html