Comments on: Play Computer-Go Online at 361points.com

By: Heiko

Heiko — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:55:23 +0000

Hi there, just wanted to say “thanks” for the great site. I really got into Go over the last weeks although its buggin me that im losing such often against the computer. So as I said: thanks alot!

By: yinyango

yinyango — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:06:30 +0000

[abia am reusit sa-l bat (cu 3 pietre handicap) pe 19x19 la nivelul 10.]

soo, great work you’ve done here. this online Go game helped me find your site, which made me love Go even more. thanks!

(anyway… i wonder - can’t you do anything about that “error retrieving data”? that’s the only minus i could see so far.)

By: Filip Lindberg

Filip Lindberg — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:19:47 +0000

I thought that the game itself was great, though the hardest level was a little bit too easy! It bothers me that you are able to commit suicide, maybe there could be an option button to turn that off? ( It’s illegal in most Go gamestyles) and if you change color from black to white then the scorekeeper says that you are the machine (Really annoying.) If you could change the name from Gnu..Something to White it whould really clarefy things!:) (Im from sweden so please, be gracefull on my spelling.)

Other then that! Great work!

By: Gregory Wonderwheel

Gregory Wonderwheel — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:48:11 +0000

I haven’t played in many many yers so it was a great way to start to get back into the Go frame of thinking…… but the data retrieval error kept showing up and crashing the games so it was very disappointing.

By: Aki

Aki — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:57:05 +0000

Hello there, this is a really nice program you have here. i cant get this version of gnugo to work on my goban so i play this quite often. however some times the “There was a problem retrieving the game data” error happens in like 4 or 5 consecutive games and it is a bit disappointing any possibility of improving the program stability? also a possibility to save the game record as a sgf file would be a nice addition as i like to go through my games later on even if it’s against a program. anyway thanks for the great and useful application (good looking one too)

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:06:48 +0000

HAH! This thing has really evolved since I last played a couple of days ago. The game’s faster, moves more complex and I’m having so much more trouble too (well, I *am* a beginner, so I’d have trouble either way). Just now, it threw a first hand tengen at me. Now I’m expecting it to start the next game at 5, 5. I know what I’ll be playing if it does that, too…

Only problem is that it keeps showing this ‘can’t retrieve game data’ thing all the time, so I never managed to finish a game

By: Tommie361

Tommie361 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:46:58 +0000

Hello Sorin,

only read now your entry from December.
I cannot find the screenshot at this computer right now,
I will try to find it.

Ha, won today on 9×9 by W+37.5 (where the computer should have won).

By: Sorin

Sorin — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:45:14 +0000

Akihito: I am only using the GnuGo engine for now, I haven’t contributed to its strength.
Making a Go program 1-dan level on 19×19 is really hard - and every Go programmer’s dream. Won’t happen for the next 10 years, that’s my bet.
As for 9×9 boards, the 1-dan threshold was reached (and exceeded) by Mogo already: http://www.361points.com/blog/2008/03/23/catalin-taranu-5p-vs-mogo-computer-go-bot/

By: Akihito

Akihito — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:49:57 +0000

make it 1 dan level

By: Akihito

Akihito — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:48:53 +0000

Make it stronger