Not sure how weak you're looking for, but this win by Toshiro Kageyama 6-dan over Meijin Kaiho Rin from Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go is a nice one.
Nah, that's not entirely true nowadays. They're starting to get a better and better idea of how they work. If you watch this series of lectures, you'll see that Hinton is describing fairly well how the machine can learn a more fundamental and useful representation of whatever they're learning about within their hidden layers.
For those of you who haven’t heard, both Tygem apps for Android, which used to be in Korean, are available in English since the latest update—and u/apetresc’s confirmed it’s the same for the iOS app.
The lite version (the one with the orange label) works better on my smartphone, so that’s the one I would recommend.
I'm well below your level but I'm a big fan of Tsumego Pro. It comes with a decent amount of problems and you can also buy additional packs of 300 problems for $1.50 or so each. I'm not sure if the "advanced" level problems will be too easy for you though.
I use "Chess Clock" - it's no frills but has everything I need. Pausing is accomplished by long-pressing on the screen.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.lrstudios.android.gameclock&hl=en
Supports:
I'll add a vote for Tsumego Pro.
Also, Go Quest. If you want to play 5 minute 9x9 games against other people with good matching, it does that very well!
If you want to play online on an Android phone you may want to try OnlineGo. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.zenandroid.onlinego It's still in beta but it works fine for both live and correspondence games. It's free and open source.
Full disclosure: I am the (sole) dev of the app.
Edit: it uses OGS
Gobandroid is ok, and free : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ligi.gobandroid_hd&hl=en
For replaying games I prefer Agora Go (bigger buttons and nicer look): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.agoraGoFree&hl=en.
Soapstone is pretty cool, but isn't it soft? Will it be hard enough that it won't get chipped over time? I guess that's why you're getting plastic stones instead of something harder.
If you want something else soft for your stones that's not plastic, you could try looking for Tagua nut stones. It's what they use to make false ivory, and it's a lovely material. I know it's at least possible to find, i.e.: http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Natural-tagua-nut-traditional-chinese-go_60349391108.html
Although those particular stones are not biconvex. But hopefully you could find some that were.
Thanks! I used Processing, which is just Java, to program the animated bar graph myself. I actually have a lot of other examples of me using the same program on other subjects as well.
Just in case people “meet” him on the ’net, here are two other nicks “Linuxgooo” has been using: Jorja Renoldsa, Eljay Arem.
Information is easily to be found on the ’net … we mustn’t fall prey to bullies and con artists!
Yes, but they aren’t likely to be that small. I have a roll-up one like this I got years ago:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000JHSORK/
A quick look at amazon shows they have some folding magnetic ones too.
http://playgo.to/iwtg/en/ - is probably the best place to pick up the basic techniques. You'll need to sit in front of a computer, but it will only take you 10 minutes or so.
Some old master said that the best way to begin playing go is to lose 100 games. That will give your neural network enough information to form the basic logic of decission-making when playing go.
Regarding the best android App to lose 100 games to, I'll just copy the post I wrote earlier:
Crazy stone is probably the best one. It was one of the best AI's before Alpha go. It has a medal system, you earn them winning games against the AI at different skill levels with various handicap settings. So there is a progression which helps you get better. Early computer opponents are very easy and chances are you'll start playing against human opponents long before you'll be able to defeat the hardest ones.
If you decide to get it, disable the Comtputer Resign option, otherwise the computer will chicken out every time it feels it starts losing, and you'll miss the opportunity to learn how to finish the game properly.
I've tried out just about every go app on Android. I think for what you're doing, you can try Gobandroid. It's free and it does what you want and has scoring/Gnugo as well.
Right. They're on the money here, really. It's why Keith Burgun says Go is "not really made for human consumption" (one of his many humorously wrong opinions, IMO, but there's a grain of truth there).
Terra Mystica is an example of what a 'modern' Go might look like. After the randomised setup there's zero variance and open information all the way but there's a lot of little mechanisms and feedback loops surrounding the basic "put a piece on the board" gameplay. It's not really a good two player game and has a bunch of other design issues I can't stand but is incredibly popular regardless because it's far more attractive and inviting than traditional abstracts.
Tash-Kalar is another modern take on the stones-on-the-board game and is a great game but it's not really an abstract at all considering it has card draw variance and hidden information. Interestingly though a lot of the negative comments you'll see about it that aren't "it's random" echo those you might find about Go - dry, super hard to see what's a good move, very spatial, have to memorise a bunch of patterns etc.
There's a 3600 move L&D problem. I'll try to dig it up for you once I get home.
(It was posted on godiscussions, but that is down, sadly)
EDIT: Ok, here you go:
This is, of course, very artificial. But valid nonetheless :)
Yeah I hate this too, just to view an SGF or article. I always downvote Reddit-posted content locked behind a mandatory login because I don't think it's OK. (Links to forums that require logins just to view posts, sites that require a Facebook login, etc.)
https://temp-mail.org/ et al is helpful with backwards sites like this, but it's still unnecessarily annoying.
Opening Theory Made Easy (Amazon link) by Hideo Otake is an excellent first book on the opening if you want to get a more thorough intro to this topic.
I found it enormously helpful in giving me principles to narrow down my options from the 360-ish you have for the first ten moves or so.
Thanks! The thickness is the same all over, but one edge is wonky because of constraints of the slab (that was the side that had the big crack in it).
I love these stones. I bought them on Amazon (Yellow Mountain Imports yunzi single convex 21.5mm (size 3)) a couple years ago but it says they're currently unavailable.
It looks like the gui uses tk, which won't work on Android, but the script itself could be run. The analysis would take much longer than on the desktop though.
As a demonstration that it's basically possible: Lazy Baduk is written entirely in Python.
To my knowledge, there are two unofficial ones.
One on the Android app store as a beta https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.zenandroid.onlinego
One on F-droid.org that has not been updated for a little while https://f-droid.org/packages/com.ogsdroid/
There is an app for android which is extremely good, and the developer still works on it and listens to the feedback: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.tengen.gridmaster&hl=en
The bot it ships with is at around 2k-1d KGS level or so, it knows plenty of joseki (can't beat it by messing with his opening) and it plays good games.
For your questions: I think GnuGo is very weak right now and obviously CS is better, I've been playing against CS on PC and it's a very good app + bot. I prefer CS between these two for sure.
tsumego pro is very nice for problems, for games i think Go (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.aifactory.go) is the best for a beginner, cause have a button to help you to understand the situations that usually a beginner struggling to read
You can download r2033 from the Source Forge project site.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuego/
"Browse All Files" -> "Code" -> "Download Snapshot"
Although you need to compile yourself.
If you are looking for a recent binary shoot me an email. I have r2032 compiled for use in my game Ancient Go on Steam. It is 64 bit though.
I have this board. I bought mine at a local shop where I live. it came with a set of melamine stones (Amazon also sells a set with the board and melamine stones). It was my first go set, and for the price (30$ for board and stones, 11$ for just the board) it's pretty good quality.
Tsumego Pro is good for practicing your tsumego. It comes with a bunch of problems out of the box, and then you can buy a ton more for like $1-2 per pack. Each pack has around 300 problems from beginner to advanced levels.
For quick games while on the bus I've enjoyed playing 9x9 or 13x13 games on Go Quest.
The FAQ seems to have a pretty good list of the various online servers as well. Don't think one server is better than another, they're all just a bit different in terms of ease of finding games and how people there tend to play.
By the way, I heard somewhere that Google is going to host the 2-stone handicap match of AlphaGo vs some top pro, who will take black. Just a rumor so far, found in a Russian-language Go blog: https://vk.com/go_secrets?w=wall-105196334_11863
There are quite a few android apps that allow you to play against Leela or Kata, or even GNUGo.
I personally prefer Ah Q Go or AI Kata Go
For desktop, of course, you can just install any AI you want. I use Sabaki with GNUGo and kata
When I was into chess how to prevent blunders was a topic on its own, and it'll always be. There are many kinds of them, and some are just unavoidable (for example the ones due to lack of time, or "zeitnot" as it's called in chess).
My point is, since chess and go are quite similar games, maybe you can try a chess related google search, and I bet like 90% of what's been said about chess and blunders is applicable to go. For example;
The boss of the world chess org, (wahtever it's called), is a russian guy who also believes chess came from aliens.
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/kirsan-ilyumzhinov-aliens-brought-chess-to-earth
edit: Oh he resigned earlier this year. Maybe the aliens took him away?
Very interesting indeed. I already saw the conference on youtube but the Q&A was not included so thank you for posting this.
We can compare with chess where this kind of teaming is more common (centaur chess). Recently, one of the top chess player teaming up with a chess engine lost to the state of the art chess engine alone (source : https://www.chess.com/news/stockfish-outlasts-nakamura-3634). The chess engine assisting the chess player was only 200 ELO points weaker than the state of the art program. In other words, the chess player was not much of a help to the weaker program and couldn't close the 200 ELO gap.
I wonder how long it will be before centaur team in go will be barely above the AI alone that it couldn't give a stone for example.
We used the roll up mats. Stones I got from Amazon via YMI and come with a nice travel case. Yunzi Double Go Game Convex Stones and Bamboo Bowls - 9.2mm (Size 33) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007250YCA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_LiOvwbK0TA22M
It was on Netflix for a while. Not sure if it's still there. The BD is affordable here's a link to Amazon.
it can be looked up, for instance https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%8A%E3%83%A4%E3%83%9E-HANAYAMA-%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E5%9B%B2%E7%A2%81%E5%8D%81%E4%B9%9D%E8%B7%AF%E7%9B%A4-%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BA/dp/B00LAZN2OA only amazon japan and rakuten come up for me though.
I got this one from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Worldwise-Imports-22812-Slotted-Board/dp/B00429HW8S/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1526475151&sr=8-16&keywords=go+board+folding. It's inexpensive, works, and doesn't look half bad.
A used 4:3 android/ios tablet is your best bet. You can get older ipads for pretty cheap on craigslist if you are patient. My kindle paperwhite doesn't do well with the board diagrams in PDFs and while technically usable is not fun.
Maybe the larger ereaders would be better but they appear to be discontinued. This is the largest still-produced name brand ereader I could find and its certainly not cheap, and probably still not large enough to make go PDFs pleasant: https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Amazon-Kindle-Oasis-8GB-Grey/dp/B06XD5YCKX/ref=sr_1_1?s=amazon-devices&ie=UTF8&qid=1535558703&sr=1-1&keywords=kindle+large
Amazon Fire HD 10 on sale is the best bet to me.
https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Amazon-Fire-HD-10-Inch-Tablet-32GB-Black/dp/B01J6RPGKG
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Many books will require the large size to be legible.
I like that you have to remember both players moves, it helps me cement the meaning in my mind.
Only downside is on a few puzzles there are two equally good solutions, but it fails you if you don't enter the 'preferred' sequence over the other. But this is rare, from what I can tell in most circumstances it's preferred sequence is better in some way.
The Art of War can be interpreted to pertain to any conflict.
Go has no hidden information so the parts on deception may not fit. One could argue that multi-purpose moves do allow for some deception.
Go also lacks troops so principles like 'leading by example' would be difficult to place too. On the other hand, this could be stretched to mean play moves that are consistent with one another.
The one I use is just called go, I really like it but you have to pay 1 or 2 dollars of you wanna play 19x19 on it. The "go free" does not have more than 180 moves on a 19x19
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.aifactory.go
If you have a smartphone, you can download an app which will score your game for you by taking a photo of the board and analyzing it.
This is one I've used on Android with good success.
Sorry if the link is spotty, I'm on mobile but you could use WeGoIgo to play with someone, it also has GnuGo ported over if you want to play AI (separate download):
Have you heard of the the MA Go Association?
They have many weekly meetings in various places.
This is in no way official, so there are probably errors and what not.
But if you want to keep track of the tourney, see here. (note: multiple sheet tabs)
Meetup.com!
There's a go club that meets up every Tuesday night from 5pm until 10pm at the Royal Cup Cafe in Long Beach. I go sometimes.
http://www.meetup.com/Long-Beach-Go-Players/
Other guy mentioned Santa Monica which might be closer to you. This appears to be on tuesday nights too.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/santa-monica-go-club
The people at the Pasadena go club are pretty highlevel and as a beginner it wasn't worth me driving 1.5 hours a night, and I had a bad experience with another player there...
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The Go Consultants can be borrowed by a couple of libraries in the US. Your local library can request the books if anyone wanted to read this one.
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I just finished a semester project about this.
Off a napkin:
An Amazon P2 instance gives you about 7e16 floating point operations per dollar, and that's on the expensive end of things.
A Playstation 2 released in 2000 does 0.6 GFLOPS, at $420 2015 dollars ($300 2000 dollars), assuming a life expectancy of 3 years at full load, that's ~3.5e11 floating point operations per dollar.
The ratio between the two is 2e5, which is 26 years according to Moore's law.
We're doing alright.
A simple google search shows how to download java onto your operating system.
http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/01/install-java-in-os-x-mountain-lion/
If that doesn't work, google "mac osx mountain lion java," try a different link.
Both of those sites work based off of java, so if you don't have it, you can't use them.
In Go, I don't know if AlphaGo is vulnerable to being exploited. It was last year when it played Lee Sedol.
In chess, this is a bit of a non-issue. The match you showed, Nakamura vs Rybka, was many years ago. He tried it again in 2014 with a weaker computer to help him against a current computer, and he failed to win.
The reason the human was allowed to use computer assistance was that it was known he would automatically lose without it. So the match was an experiment to see if a human-computer team could beat a computer in a regular duration game. (The answer was no, but they used a weaker computer; they should, in my opinion, have used two equal computers with the human able to guide the analysis of one of them).
Not sure if anyone mentioned Dwyrin yet? He's an amatuer (about 5 dan? I think) who live commentates his games, review's professional games, and other amateur games, does teaching games, and lessons. He's on twitch every Wednesday (and random other days) and releases youtube videos often. I think he's been creating english go content (videos/streams) longer than anyone else and it really shows in his high quality of work. Anyways, I've been watching him for years and can't recommend him enough. Links to his channels here:
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/battsgo Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/dwyrin
There are two ways to do it.
The first, recommended way, is to create your own theme. Look at themes/yasnaya for a reference. (this folder is provided in the release). Once you have a theme, switch to it in the Lizzie config file.
The second, less recommended way: You can replace the background image in the assets folder in the .jar. You can open the .jar with any archiving tool, such as 7-zip (https://www.7-zip.org/)
Hello everyone, I have made my first strategy board game called Sudo Tic Tac Toe This is a turn based game played on a 9 by 9 board. Rules of the game are as follows:
The game is played on a big 9 by 9 board like Sudoku.
This big board is divided into 9 smaller boards of 3 by 3 (local boards).
Aim of the game is to win any one of the 9 available smaller boards.
Your move determines in which local board AI will make a move. If you place x in the first position of small board number 5 then AI will have to make a move in board number 1 and vice versa.
Rules of normal Tic Tac Toe apply to local board.
First player to capture one of the local boards wins the game
If you want to try it here is the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myComp.sudo
You might try Haylee's offering of BadukPop. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coreplane.badukpop.prod
If you are just popping on for an 9x9 game or two per day, you can get by without the paid content just fine. You can also play games against AI opponents.
Just found a Sakura Pigma Micron pen in my tool box. I forgot I had it. Did a test line on a scrap piece with and without a poly coat.. Nice line. We'll see how it does. Anybody use these?
The Klutz Book of Classic Board Games.
Also, I played chess as a kid. Once I took a class on it, and the teacher was chiding people for rushing their opponents by saying "Go" after every play. He kept telling us that Go was a different game.
Later I found a book on Go at the library and got my own set. I only managed to play a couple of games because there was no one around me who was particularly interested. In college, I found OGS and created an account there.
Thanks! I think I got it off Amazon. Bamboo board and single convex stones from Yellow Mountain Imports. I'm on my phone right now otherwise I'd post a link. I picked up some double convex stones later but I still use the board.
Edit: I think it was this one, although I think the price may have gone up a bit, and when I got it the stones were made from a harder plastic like a pool ball. Almost a ceramic. They sell a board with double-convex stones now too!
Yeah, I was kinda surprised to see that it wasn't on their site. The only thing I could find was this one on Amazon, but it appears to be solid whereas mine folds.
I really like this board, but it visibly scratches very easily.
Amazon is fine if you don't want expensive slate&shell.
This set is solid quality and $110. I think it's out of stock right now, but you can find similar products. Search YM Imports too. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KL0DL5A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Link to amazon: https://www.amazon.com/1000-Cases-Tsume-Go-Chinese-PengHe/dp/7810514296
I'd recommend it for 3k+. The problems are good. I haven't finished it (25% through). Would be good after Graded Go Problems for Beginners v4, if you're looking for progression.
There's a couple of reviews on sensei: https://senseis.xmp.net/?WeiqiLifeAndDeath1000Problems
I'm assuming it's this set from Amazon.
They're single convex melamine go stones. Pretty inexpensive, but the quality leaves something to be desired. Decent as a starter/travel set.
you can find them all over amazon :) just search “Hikaru no Go manga” and they should come up. The anime, I’m quite sure, is based on the manga. See the link below for Vol 1: https://www.amazon.com/Hikaru-No-Go-Vol-1/dp/159116222X
Yes. The explanations are minimal, but I've found them to be just enough to answer my questions. You can take a peek at the Amazon site by clicking on "Look inside" and then clicking "Surprise me" a couple of times until it shows you a sample answer page. There's usually a brief one or two sentences on both the correct answer and the most popular wrong answer.
What is the dan series called and what are its answers like?
There are various books. You could try this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Relentless-Lee-Sedol-Gu-Li/dp/0981912184
and explore some of the related books that amazon sells. Also look at the sites of go publishers such as Slate and Shell, Kiseido, Yutopian, to see what they offer.
YMI sells some products through Canada on Amazon which makes them quite affordable. That said, when I ordered a board from there, it had a number of dings and some cracking, so they may be in a pile in a warehouse somewhere with inconsistent quality. Regardless, the Amazon return policy is very easy and generous (I sent it back and received a full refund without issue), so I'd give it a shot if I was you.
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If you're looking for better quality than that, I'm in the same boat! However, I don't think the US is much better off... seems like anything I find above $150 comes with a similar cost to ship. I just moved to the west coast and was looking forward to shipping a board from Kiku Imports down in Cali a bit cheaper, but they sadly shut down.
I payed about $65 for a standard sized bamboo board and set of melamine stones (with plastic bowls) from Yellow Mountain imports on Amazon just the other day. I’ve also seen a mini set that I have floating around online for sale for around $25. The board is tiny and the stones are about the size of mints. Can’t say I recommend it, but I had many a great game playing in my college dorm on that board. It’s probably the one of the cheapest sets out there.
What I just bought:
3/4" Reversible Solid Bamboo Go and 13x13 Quick Game Board https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01963S6ZM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_-dDUEbPH5N57Y
Yellow Mountain Imports Melamine Double Convex Go Game Stones Set - 7.5-Millimeter (Size 28) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0019HDXNO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_tfDUEbK5NE1R1
PS: it doesn’t seem that rolling boards made out a vinyl became a thing in Go? I wonder why. I know people like the click of the stones.
No, it’s the one with the orange label (this one). I haven’t tried the social logins, but someone else had some trouble with them, so I think you’d better create an account through the website.
AhQ Go (includes 4 engines: Leela Zero, AQ, Ray, Pachi). For Leela you can download any of official nets (more than 210 now) + some non-officials. Playing mode, bot vs. bot, analysis, pro games... Absolutely free. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.ezandroid.aq
Beginners Go from Unbalance. I liked it. It has commentaries, tells you about proverbs numerous times and you are also asked to solve problems from the specific context. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.unbalance.IgoKouza01
For tsumego, Tsumego Pro. Also, there is apparently an impostor app with the same name. :-\
For playing, Go Gridmaster.
What size Yunzi stones should I buy? Having trouble finding Size 3 Single-Convex on Amazon / YMImports website, although I did find these Size 33 Double-Convex.
I might just wait for YMImports to update their stock, it looks like the Yunzi stones sell out fast on their website - I saw a set of Yunzi disappear overnight now they just have Melamine.
The Yunzi won't be too much more expensive on YMImports website, the shipping is around $20 but if I order $100 or more the order qualifies as free shipping (the total was $6.29 short of free shipping with the Melamine stones and Shin Kayu goban).
I'm still not set on single vs. double convex. Single seems nice for learning / teaching, since I could place upside down stones from the game to show examples. While double is easier to pickup for captures.
> The War of Art.
I swear I heard about this book somewhere recently... Interesting to see it come up here, guess I'll look into it.
I watch your videos and I really enjoy them. I'd be really happy to come on the show with you if you'd like.
First I want to say is DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE! If you made it to 2kyu, you can make to Dans. Second, I was also in the same boat as you, I was stuck at 2kyu for a long time. So did a lot of studying but nothing. Then one day something clicks and I broke through, but not only that, I climb through the Dan levels much quicker.
I read a book the other day that was really good and I want to recommend it to you. The War of Art. It is about the friction that works against you when you are doing something worthwhile. Good job on sticking with it this long, but you are almost there I promise. I was thinking about adding a new series on my channel where I try to coach a kyu to dan. Let me know if you're interested.
Anyways, taking breaks from go is normal also. Oh also, if you haven't read the art of war, that's another good book. It's about war, but go is war.
I play this sometimes. In my opinion, there is no absolute, objective difference between any two first moves above the second line. Everything is playable. If I were a pro, I might be more discriminating, but in the middle dan level at least, anything goes.
The Art of War is always applicable:
If you know how to use the center stone, it's very effective. If you continue to play a "normal" game, then it's almost a wasted move. "Know yourself" means to understand your strengths and weaknesses.
It's not just about ladders. It radiates influence in all directions. For the entire game your opponent will need to consider it. It will hamper their ability to play lightly because it will make any escape to the middle that much harder.
It's really hard, especially at lower levels, to draw a line in your head from tengen to territory, but the opportunity almost always presents itself even if it's not your explicit plan from the start.
I wanted to find a "smart game" and learning chess was unrewarding. When I saw the history channel documentary movie "The Art of War" which discussed different strategies in chess and go, that lead me to learn and play Go. Now I regularly attend Go meetings and teach a Go class.
I'd do a search around before making the purchase. That being said, purchases directly from Kiseido probably support them more -- and hopefully they'll publish more.
For some reason, gogameguru has Invincible at a cheaper price normally (although you have to pay shipping).
You can usually find Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go at 10% off on Amazon.
The first one is good. I bought it. You can try the free version, too: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.aifactory.gofree
FYI your stones will not land exactly where your finger touches the board. Instead, when you touch and drag your finger around the board, you will control a stone that is offset from your finger by a little. This is a feature (which you can turn off in the settings) that enables you to see exactly where the stone will end up.
personally I think the official android client for kgs is superior on phones for the simple reason that it has the best way to place out the stones.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gokgs.client.android
I have this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.aifactory.gofree&hl=en
Well, I have the paid version, but the free one is an easy way to try things out. There's a UI feature where the stone is actually offset from your finger, so that you can see it, and it's highlighted very clearly with red lines.
This one for sure: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.tengen.gridmaster&hl=en
It's a full featured SGF editor, so just open a blank board, set it to "human vs human" (or something like that) and begin placing stones as if it was a real game. If you want a bit more comfort for the touch screen, you can subscribe to the beta releases and get the double-tap function (like cosumi has), unless it was already shipped to the release version.
You can also save the SGFs to then upload to your PC for reviews and other stuff. Or you can review directly in the app itself, though I'd say the latter is a bit less comfortable.
This one works for me. It's got a couple different timing settings (japanese byoyomi, canadian byoyomi, and sudden death) and nice, big buttons on either side with a pause button in the middle:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.psocha.goclock&hl=en
In addition to the above, here's my favorite life & death app, Hugoban:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hugohudson.hugoban.android&hl=en
It's what I do when I want to study on my phone :) good luck!
I haven't tried very many apps yet, but for Problems I've used Tsumego Pro:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.lrstudios.android.tsumego_workshop
I like its daily problems and it has a decent amount of free problem packs to work on.
You can both register accounts on DGS ( www.dragongoserver.net/)
Then use this app ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.timk.ogsclient) to play. It's made for correspondence go so you can resume whenever.
People do use "she" for other objects besides vehicles, e.g. from Game of Thrones:
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones/Season_4#The_Lion_and_the_Rose_.5B4.02.5D
> (whistles as Jaime brings out his Valyrian steel blade) I've never seen Valyrian steel before- she's a beauty.
Though I personally just call AlphaGo an "it" because I'm unsentimental like that.
This is a fairly common setup for stop motion animation so googling that might get you somewhere.
Something like https://www.amazon.co.uk/Overhead-Flexible-Articulating-Mirrorless-Photography/dp/B08ZCW4N6V/ref=asc_df_B08ZCW4N6V/
We meet Wednesdays 5:30-8:00 at Houston Hall 3417 Spruce St as well as on Sundays 6:30-8:30 at Queen and Rook Game Cafe 607 S 2nd St.
The [https://meetup.com/Penn-Go-Society](meetup) is a good way to stay up to date. Let me know if you have any questions.
Hope to see you soon!
I don't know that bag or that shop, but I found a solution I like quite a bit. I put the bowls in the bowl travel case I got from yellow mountain and that along with the folding full size thick board from kisedio into this
The back compartment is padded and has no internal zipper or anything to scuff the board, it fits as if it were made for it. The bowls, strapped and zipped into the ym bag, goes in the center chamber perfectly. Also plenty of room for anything else I want to put in there. The top pocket on the front can hold a couple books the size of graded go along with iPad mini, and the bottom pocket on the front fits the surface tablet or a full size iPad.
Extremely versatile. Took my gear around to every store in town until I found one that fit nicely and securely.
Super cheap, portable, magnetic. Best set I've found for the price. It's nothing special but it gets the job done fine
Or buy something for the same price that’s foldable and has magnetic stones: https://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Mountain-Imports-Magnetic-Plastic/dp/B00CPK4MVQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?crid=1WHEC6FPEZKMI&keywords=magnetic+go+board&qid=1662501478&sprefix=magnetic+go+boa%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1
From the pictures I would guess glass or yunzi.
But I see you're hoping they might be shell from your comments. I studied geology for some time, and one of the methods of testing if a rock has carbonate is the HCl test. Basically, you can add a drop of weak HCl on the rock and it fizzes up. You can probably drop by Walmart, Whole Foods, or any health shop, and pick up weak HCl that's typically used to aid in digestion. Add a drop to the piece and it will noticeably begin to fizz, you'll know for sure it's shell.
Might be a bit overkill but it just occurred to me that this may be useful to someone wanting to test if they have genuine shell stones and it's an extremely easy test to run which will give you a firm answer. I'm not sure if anyone knows if shell pieces typically have any coating on it to prevent this reaction or anything, but you can probably just give one a wash and it should work. I just did a little test on my end to confirm it and it works very clearly on the shells I have!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.zenandroid.onlinego&hl=en_GB&gl=US it uses OGS for multiplayer
I've seen others commenting about Opening Theory Made Easy, which is a great book and advanced me a few stones when I read it. However, I was about 12k when that happened. I'd recommend Go for Beginners for your level. Some of it you'll already know, but it will give you a comprehensive overview of tactics and strategy. I've purchased several copies of this book and given them to other beginning players, and read and re-read it a few times myself.
Additionally, if you haven't looked at Sensei's Library, that is an amazing online resource.
Good luck!
I think about sensors a lot... one low-cost way is a plug that does continuity sensing. You could put a tip-ring panel-mount jack at each point of the grid, and then your stones have little 3.5mm jacks sticking out the bottom, with the connectors shorted. You can then just test each point for open vs closed circuit. A lot of soldering and wiring is required, but none of your sensor options do not require 361 of something.
Computer vision is much easier and cheaper than this.
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It's probably mostly outdated by now, but if you like playing older variations, this book will be okay. It was written by an amateur, but after studying in BIBA with a 9p and a few lower-dan pros.
AhQ Go is currently the only Go AI app that supports switching between different go play styles. It is a good helper for you to learn Go.