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ECGAP-GO GAMES AGAINST PROS kyu of strength with up to 25 handicap * - 822 (GO GAP) CD-ROM stones in each level, and three rules sets. * Shusaku - 302 Games Against Pros. (GAP) allows you to Wulu is also a full game recording * Cho Hun-hyeon - 562 replay a professional game as if you were software that allows the user to add * Rin Kaiho - 1058 in the game, so it’s fun and exciting. You symbols, and variations to record games * Otake Hideo - 777 can choose to take black or white so that in SmartGo, Ishi, and HandTalk formats. * - 1227 you can either play against your favorite * Yi Ch'ang-ho - 655 professional or play as if you were him (to This program has a very unique play * - 277 learn his style, e.g., Takemiya’s Cosmic mode known as 'Array Mode', which * Honinbo Shusai - 772 Style and Kobayashi’s Methodical Style, allows the user to play Go on preset * Takemiya Masaki - 584 etc). If your move matches that of the board positions of intriguing patterns. * Sakata Eio - 607 professional’s, it stays and the game Each pattern is associate with a strength * Kato Masao - 613 proceeds, with the computer making the level (7dan to 19kyu), so the user knows * Kobayashi Koichi - 667 next move for your opponent. If your exactly how difficult the problem is. move does not match, the correct move Another mode known as the 'Test Your Also there are the complete games of the appears. The visual feedback is Strength Mode', allows the user to enter old Chinese classics Haichang Er Miao astounding, as correct moves are his or her rank, and depending on the (over 300 games) and Yi Mo (100). rewarded by beautiful graphics, and vice performance, the player will be demoted The database features over 1400 versa, so that the user can quickly or promoted according (7dan to 19kyu). players. distinguish the correct moves from that The game comes with four styles of of the incorrect ones. Best of all, the stones, four boards and three melodies to Tesuji Made Eacy CD-ROM program grades your performance and choose from. A very good program There is an abundant of Teuji problems ranks you from beginner (>30 kyu) to indeed! in this software, 2440 in all. With 425 professional (>7 dan) level, so that you problems on Making Life, 618 problems know your progress. The program also EAGOD-GoGoD database Cd- on Capturing Stones (combined for a recommends areas that you need to rom**new has (as of October 2001) total 1043 problems on Life & Death), improve. Unlike playing computer Go around 33,000 games in sgf format. 217 problems on Capturing Races, 596 programs which might actually ruin your You can add your own games to the Endgame Moves, 259 problems on skills by learning bad habits, GAP database, but the ones we offer cover the Attack, and 325 problems on Defense. guarantees that you learn the correct entire spectrum of professional play in Minimum Requirements: IBM PC 486 or techniques from the professionals. Japan, , Korea and , and higher, windows 3.1, Windows 95 or Challenge your friend to a match! Yes, the whole range of historical games higher. this program can be played by two people (including sunjang go). (black and white), and graded separately! Complete records of nearly all title Fuseki Made Eacy CD-ROM A typical game takes about 15 minutes match games are already there - and for Best tool to learn Fuseki with lessons on on a Pentium PC. the rest we are getting there! We pride basics, and 16 most common fuseki ourselves on having the most accurate including the Shusaku Fuseki, Cosmic This program included Famous Games, and fullest details for every game. Style, Nirensen, Kobayashi Style, Lee Chang-ho, Cho Hun-hyun, Yoo Chan- All these games can be viewed on the free Chinese Fuseki, etc. Also included are hyeok,Go Seigen. Cho Chikun, Ma software provided. Most of the games annotated games, and thousands of Xiaochun, , Liu Xiaoguang, have been produced on the GoGoD95 professional games with the Fuseki Rin Kaiho, Kobayashi K., Takemiya M. program shown below. discussed. There are also 502 problems. Kato Masao, Otake Hideo, Korean But there is more to it than meets the A must for serious Go players. Superstars, Yoda N. , Shuko1, Sakata eye. You can also record games, it copes Requirements: 486 or better, Windows Eio, 1996 International Tournaments 1, with sgf and .GO (Ishi) files, and from 95/Windows NT or higher. 1996 International Tournaments 2, here you can switch to GoScorer, you can Clash Between China and Korea, China- look up biographical data on the players Go++ CD-ROM Japan Super Go, Recent Japanese (or places or terms) with the Winner of numerous international Tournaments 94-96, Fujitsu Go Onomasticon, or you can convert old cmputer Go tournaments. The result of Tournaments 88-97 and more. Total lunar dates to modern ones with the twenty years research and development. 3200+ games. Minimum Requirements: Date Converter - as we said, we like to Five levels of play from beginner to 486 or better, Windows 95 or higher. be accurate! expert. Handicap option. Board sizes The database includes the complete 9x9, 13x13 and 19x19. Load and save Wulu Go Champion Cd-rom**new known games of several players, and options. Step back/forwards to any point Being the champion of 2000 massive collections for many others. in the game. Works on Computer Go Tournament, Wulu is one of Some typical numbers of games Win95/98/200/NT/XP or Linux (with the strongest software on the market. stored for popular players (again, as of Wine). The user can select levels from 7kyu to 15 October 2001) are: SOFTWARE CATALOGUE

G0++ Deluxe CD-ROM possibilities. Minimum requirements: 386 or faster IBM-PC compatible, 16 486 or better, Windows 95 or higher. color VGA graphics, Windows 95 orNT, 8 MB memory, 4 MB disk space. EKIFO--Go Info CD Lite EAC19--Go Intellect 8.0 Recommended: Pentium w/ 256 color. The GO Info system includes: This program is unarguably the -A large library of Go games. strongest Go playing program (Mac) in Go At Ease (GATE to the Game of Go The base package includes 2000 games the world. It consistently earned the top This program is designed to get children which were played by the best expert 3 standing in every world championship and beginners enthusiastic about the players in the world. Our database is competition for the passed 5 years, game of Go by teaching them the game constantly updated with new games and including the Computer Olympiad Gold through attractive animations, beautiful games throughout the history of Go. medals (90-92). Go Intellect is music and cute cartoon characters. Ten Search Modes lets you get to a game by implemented with artificial basic lessons are taught with interesting searching the names of players, place of intelligence techniques. It 'understands' illustrations. Lessons include, tournaments, year played and other Go hence it can deal with novel Go game introduction to Go, basics on Go, concept factors. situations. User can turn on 'fast mode' of territory, liberties, eyes, illegal moves, Database / Pattern search- You can switch & play a speedy game but still at capturing, cutting and connecting, basic also search a particular position that a level better than most other Go techniques and counting. The program occured in the games of the database. programs in their serious mode. It allows also includes 1000 problems of various user to replay a game or to explore topics. Children and beginners can Tree Mode- It is possible to investigate alternative moves in a game with ease. practice their skills by playing 9x9 games which move leads from one position to One can select board size of nxn with n against HandTalk (a champion computer another, or which combination of stones from 2 to 19. Macintosh Systems, Go program). Search capability allows can result in a given position. This is a memory 2MB. 1989. Mac w/ system 6.0 the user to search for any topic at any powerful tool for analysis. GO Info gives + or system 7. time. For 486 PC or higher; 8MB RAM; the user the statistical information of 2X CD; Sound Card; Speaker and Mouse; each move, e.g., the winning percentage of EAC29--Go Intellect 8.0 256 Color or better; Windows 3.1 or a move. In IBM version. Windows 95.

Go Info also has other attractive features, EACGO - Goddess Win95/CD-ROM All Games On Disk Come With a Free for examples, input, edit, and print Same as EAC29 - IBM Game Viewing Software Go Maximizer games, and translate games from other and Go Scorer (Similar to Go GAP) runs formats. All subsystems work in a color EAFWD--Many Faces 10.0 WIN-95 on PC clones, 286 upwards, VGA screen. graphic mode, the commands are CD-Rom It is useful to have a mouse and hard assembled in the menu and can be edited Perfect for beginners- Beautiful 256 disk, but not essential. Features include with keys. The interface is standard color 3-D stones & wood grain; computer names in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Windows (95 or NT) and one can use the plays white, black, neither or both; 9x9 to characters (as well as English), "ghost" Mouse, the keyboard and other 19x19 line board size, w/ or w/o stones for examining variations, maxims peripherals for modern computer handicaps; extensive on-line tutorial on covering all aspects of the game (biggest programs. rules and basic strategy; on-line manual collection in English?), plus players' w/ history of game & tournaments; 200+ biographies and other text files. Easy to ECC19--C HandTalk 2000 Cd-Rom introductory go problems; hints or use game-viewing program - no other This is the strongest IBM Go program suggested moves; explanation of moves; software required. The maxims (or for PCs, and is the only program that was group strength & liberty counts; current proverbs) are called up during play and awarded a 4 kyu diploma by the territory & score estimates. provide a powerful learning tool. Can also Nihon Ki-in of Japan. It won 1st places For advanced Go players- Strong w/ 10 be viewed by GoScribe, ManyFaces of Go, in the 1997 FOST Cup and the 1997 levels of play; 1000+ professional games, or IGS Clints, e.g., TGIGC. Macintosh- World Computer Go Congress. It has a 100’s commented; complete game editor, come with self-contained software. very strong middle game. It is also the w/ full support for .SGF and .GO format; only program that beat a dan (3D) level joseki tutor w/ almost 50,000 opening player in an exhibition game with moves; game library w/ 500+ pro. games; EGGT1-GoTools (version 1.3.1) handicap. HandTalk is also very fast, opening library from 35000+ games; It is the most fascinating and the completing a game in less than 20 Japanese, Chinese, GOE or USA rules; strongest (highest level at dan-strength) minutes. One can select board size of modem support; 40000 strong amateur life & death Go program. The data base nxn with n equals 9, 13 and 19. It can games; print go diagrams; w/ TgWin consists 24,000 problems which one can replay a game. Special features include Internet Go client; create your own solve by going through the problem the capability of arranging stones problem sets, commented games, or yourself, or asking the computer to show manually during play to explore different game libraries. you the moves, or play the life and death problem against the computer as a game. SOFTWARE CATALOGUE

The player can set up his or her own click-and-click (click on the origin ? Thinking in Human Time: in positions for life & death. You can also and the destiny) selecting this function, the computer test your strength by guessing the best ? Board View: The board can be can benefit from human time. move. The computer grades your answers flipped and / or rotated the give the ? Opening Positions: The book and give you a score base on your best view contains 7,000 opening positions. performance. Get stronger by mastering ? Game Information: gives accurate ? Opening Analysis: Examine the problems in this software and have info on move list, score chart and opening positions in a tree diagram fun at the same time. Automatic timer with over 1.2 million nodes. problem generation feature can generate ? Copy and Paste: Games can be ? Tournament Mode: This mode 100-200 problems on a 486 PC (33MHz) copied to and from a clipboard. allows a player to practice in over night! GoTools + problem vol. 1-3 ? Print Game: Board positions and tournament environment with, time (total of 12000 problems). GoTools vol. move lists can be printed directly limits (running out of time is 4-6 (total of 12000 problems) contains from the software considered a loss) and no take-back GoLaTex for desktop publishing in Go. of moves. Requirement: PC compatible 286 +, Features for beginners and ? Fully Automated Analysis with 640K memory. Also available for PC intermediate players: text annotations and variations 8086 & PC 8088, please specify. ? Move guide: shows all legal moves ? ‘Analysis on Fly’: This function is of a selected piece, including opening used for analysis of live games. Saola (Version 1) moves. Modern masters’ moves are often Saola is the strongest Chinese Chess ? Capture Warnings: all pieces under difficult to comprehend. With this (Xiangqi) playing software on the market. the opponent’s attack are marked. function, the player gains increased A lot of time and efforts have been This function can help low and understanding and enjoyment of invested into the software giving it the intermediate players improve their these games. best values in terms of playing strength rating by as much as 100-150 points. ? Find Solution: perform infinite and entertainment. With its unmatched ? Spy Computing: gives an analysis on current position to find strength and added features, Saola will illustration of what the computer is the best move. benefit professionals and amateurs planning to play at any moment. ? Adjustments: Many parameters of alike. This function can help players the program can be adjusted to improve their rating by as much as understand more about the engine Strength: the strength of Saola is 200-300 points. and customize it. between Expert and Master levels, with ? Score Chart: gives a summary of an estimated rating between 2000 to the computed scores of all the moves, Database Features 2200. A simplified version of Saola plays allowing one to have an overview of ? Select an existing or create a new as a robot (in table VSL) at Club XXQ the game, displaying good and bad database; add/retreat/delete any and is ranked in the top 20. From an and the critical moments of the games(s) to or from the database independent test conducted by the game. ? Add multi games into a database. manufacturer, Saola beat both Chinese ? Hints: Saola gives reasonably good ? Retract a database and save as a Chess Heroes I (top level) and Chinese advice when one is lost as what to do. file (one game / file) or as a text Chess Master III (top level: old man). ? Speed-Up the Game: On can limit database. the computational depth and/or time ? Merge two databases into a bigger II. System Requirements of the computer to speed up the one Pentium and Windows 98 or higher game. Of course this reduces the ? Search games with many criteria strength of the computer. There is no ? Statistics III. Main Features time limit for human. User Interface- Professional and user ETCXM – XieXie Master CD-=ROM friendly interface For Expert Players: **Gold Medalist of World Computer ? Board Styles: Fully scalable boards ? CCF Support: one can exchange Chinese Chess Championship 2004. with different colors and patterns of game and position files with your This CD has a real master level. Its wood and marble. favorite PC chess program with amazing auto learning function make it ? Pieces Styles: Three styles of chess built-in CCF (Chinese Chess stronger day by day. Whatever your pieces including traditional, Format, including WXF). purpose, Xiexie Master is a perfect ideographic, and western styles. ? Commentaries and Remarks can partner for you to study, analyzing ? Toolbars: Saola is equipped with be added with ease. complex games situations, or just for fun. various toolbars and panels that can ? Editing Games: games can be This program can be chose from English, be formatted. edited in text form. The program Chinese..... version. ? Making Moves: Two ways to make a understands most popular notations. move, either by drag-and-drop or by ? Position Setup: any game position FEATURES: can be set up. SOFTWARE CATALOGUE

Uses up to date Artificial Intelligence hard disk space, 64K or more colors, techniques. sound card required Able to learn from your best moves. Able to analyze your games and show you EAAS1-- Enter the Rising Sun your mistakes. A software that contains some of the best Allows to build game databases and your oriental board games, including Go, own opening book. Gomoku, and Renju. Contains actual Thousands of Masters and Grand- game board and stones. Windows 3.x, Masters games. NT and 95. Allows to comment and annotate games move per move. EAEU1-- Empire of the Old World A software that contains some of the best EACCU--Uncle Wang European board games, including Fox Play Chinese Chess against Uncle Wang. and Geese, Nine Men’s Morris, Push N’ Special features of this program includes: Shove, and Dalmation Pirates & the 8 levels, take back moves, change sides, Volga Bulgars. Contains actual game save/retrieve games, set up board board and stones. Windows 3.x, NT and positions, print moves, Chinese / 95. Americanized pieces, on-screen clock, >2000 openings in library. Support IBM EAAF1--From Pyramids to Prairies PC or compatible w/ DOS 3.0 +, EGA- A software that contains some of the best VGA, memory 640K. African board games, including Mancala, Reversi, Hex, and Wildwest. Contains Chinese Chess Heroes 1 CD-Rom real wood Mancala board and stones. This is probably is the strongest Chinese Windows 3.x, NT and 95. Chess software available on the market. Game Playing Mode-Play against 25 characters ranging from 9 kyu to 1 dan. Each player has a different playing style. One can practice against special openings, or set up different positions to play against the 25 characters. Certify Your Strength-The program ranks your strength. If you mail in your record, you can receive an official rank certificate (of up to 2 dan) from the Taiwanese Chinese Chess Association. With Game Recording, Replay and Printing capability. (486-66 CPU, 8 MB RAM, and 2X CD okay). English or Chinese version available. Chinese version comes with English Transaction. Minimum Requirements: 486 or better, Windows 95 or higher.

Chinese Chess Heroes2 CD-Rom same features as Heroes 1 except this program is much stronger with artificial intelligence (5 or 6 dan). Minimum Requirements: 486 or better, Windows 95 or higher.

EAMJ5--Hong Kong Mahjong Computer Game World gave four and a half stars to this program and says “An extremely good game, rich and complex.” Requirements: Windows 95 or Windows 3.1, 8 MB RAM, 800X600 video, 27 MB