SmartGo Player

Play the ancient game of Go against your iPhone or iPad. Starting with the empty board, your goal is to surround territory — the simple rules of Go lead to a complex and beautiful game. This 4000-year-old board game originating in China is also known as igo (囲碁), wéiqí (围棋), or baduk (바둑).

Category	Price	Seller	Device
Games	$1.99	Smart Go, Inc.	iPhone, iPad, iPod

SmartGo Player includes a tutorial that teaches you the fundamentals of Go step-by-step. Each rule and tactic is followed by a number of problems that let you practice and fully grasp the concept.

If you enjoy strategy board games like chess or Othello, you'll love Go.

SmartGo automatically adjusts the handicap to keep the game challenging, for beginners as well as seasoned players. Start with 9x9, and unlock 11x11 and 13x13 as your play improves. With a strong engine based on the latest research into Monte Carlo techniques, this is the game to beat.

Features:
- 9x9, 11x11, 13x13, and 19x19 boards
- Strong game engine
- Fast response (adjustable)
- Automatic handicap adjustment on 9x9, 11x11, 13x13
- Manual choice of handicap and board size up to 19x19
- Track level per user
- Computer resigns when too far behind (can be turned off)
- Territory estimator
- Hint
- Undo
- Replay
- Tutorial with over 100 problems

SmartGo Player is optimized for a quick and challenging game of Go against the computer. SmartGo Kifu is designed as a versatile tool for Go players who want to study professional games, practice Go problems, record their games, as well as play against the computer.

Enjoy!

Reviews

Lies. All lies.
lfieldhouse

This app does NOT teach you anything. It merely supplies essentially what is a digital book of rules about the game. It does NOT show you how to play and give you various exercises to solidify the lesson (as it states in the description). I want my money back!

Great way to learn
Quangv7

Loving the App. I love how the CPU gets harder/easier based on your skill level.

Stone lag
JOhkonut

My main gripe about the app is that there is a small delay in the animation when you place your stone. (Compare with the responsiveness of Tsumego Pro) The UI is messy and not very intuitive, but I got used to it. The actual content of the app is very good, I’m having fun.

False advertising
webchain

This app is not what it claims. There are no interactive tutorials. Just html pages to slog through.

good tutorial, bad point calculator
Slakk123

through extended research, beyond just the game, i have figured out for the most part how to score the matches. The issue arises in the game when certain points on the map are awarded to a player with no clear explanation as to why. Even according to the tutorials provided by the game itself the scoring is contradicting. Maybe its’s just my ignorance? i cant seem to find an answer

Doesn’t teach you the rules or how to play
Terbie

Description says it contains a tutorial but I can’t find one. I’ve never played Go and when I installed it it just started me immediately on a board playing myself. There isn’t a step by step guide of how to play. Searching through the app I found a list of rules but it’s more like a whole written manual than a step by step guide. I feel like the description is misleading. It doesn’t actually teach you how to play. You already have to know the rules and the basic concepts to get anything out of this app. If you are an absolute beginner, this isn’t for you.

If you like humiliation. This game is for you.
jbsoable

I nearly destroyed my phone. This game does not teach you anything it just crushes you or resigns after 3 moves. Pointless. 2 stars for the design.

Worst go yet
rewvewer16

This game try’s to teach go but I. Truth all it does is force you into frustrating positions it does not explain the rules at all and expected new players to beat a fairly good ai with no knowledge. what wins you can get seem like it wanted you to win so in conclusion if you are experienced go ahead this is fine but if you are New don’t even consider this app

AI issues and scoring problems
???

The Go playing algorithm this app uses is deeply flawed. It performs very dumb moves, filling in its own territory because it does not have a good idea of when the game is over. When the game is over, scoring is performed incorrectly such that pieces that are obvious to capture are not marked as such.