CGoban 1

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About The Program

CGoban1 ("Complete Goban Mark 1") provides a large set of go-related services for Unix and X11. A list of the functions that it provides:

• Play go against another player. When playing a game locally, you have a choice of rule sets and time controls. I made a strong attempt at implementing the rule sets as precisely as possible:
  • Chinese rules have a true Superko rule.
  • Japanese rules correctly recognize seki and award no points.
  • Japanese rules let you locally resolve disputes at the end of the game.
• Edit and view SGF files. CGoban provides full functionality for editing and viewing SGF files.
• Connect to a go server over the internet. CGoban can connect to NNGS or IGS and gives a convienent graphical user interface to the server.
• Act as a bridge to go modem protocol. Go modem protocol has become a standard way for computer go programs to communicate. CGoban can let you connect to devices (such as modems) speaking go modem protocol, act as a graphical board for programs that speak go modem protocol out of stdin/stdout, or connect programs to one of the internet go servers.

Downloading CGoban

CGoban is distributed in source code for now. It uses the Gnu autoconfig system and should be portable across all Unix/X11R4 or later systems. Source RPMS are available for RPM based systems Sourceforge Download page for the latest release (1.9.13)

CGoban1 / ksonney@sourceforge.net / 06 January 2003