Smartgo Blog Go Books For Mac
Go Books has been a solid success: 134 books by a dozen publishers and over 40 authors, containing over 70,000 diagrams and 8,000 problems, all about the game of Go. However, so far the books have been limited to the Apple ecosystem: iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Go Books has been growing: now at 105 books, every Go player can find the right books to improve. The backend has changed completely to enable the Mac version (and Android in the future), and books updated with fixed typos or new languages are now automatically synced to your devices.
Over the years, I have tried many Go software and apps both to help me study Go as well as to write Go books. I still remember those days of MoyoGo which made some waves but is now no longer active. I have used for a very long time too for game study and editing. At the very beginning for game database, I purchased a copy of for the library of games and subscribed to for up to date game records and then used as an engine to work on that database. In my earlier days, I also used the Go game editor. Just by hearing me say these names you would have guessed how long I have played Go. SmartGo for the desktop has two versions, one for Windows and one for Mac.
Smartgo Blog Go Books For Mac Download
I started with the Windows version and since I have switched to a Mac for many years now, I have been waiting for a Mac version which they finally released a beta version this year. I use SmartGo on my Mac mostly to search the database for patterns and then see how professionals play in the pattern. For example, if I wanted to study more on the Mini Chinese Fuseki, I simply turn on the Fuseki matching mode and put in the pattern and I will get a list of all the professional games matching this pattern.
If I wanted to search for a Joseki pattern, for instance the Large Avalanche, I can turn on the Joseki matching mode and I will get a list of all the games where this Joseki is played and then I can scroll on the games and study the various patterns in real, actual professional game. The user interface is very good and easy to navigate, with separate windows so that you can put the windows side by side and study the patterns. If this is not enough to help you study, they have another product called the which is available on the iPad, iPhone and also on the Mac.
It is an app which contains more than 100 Go books, from classical books to modern classics and the books are not just merely pdf copies but with interactive diagrams and very well formatted. You can purchase the books in the app and you then have a good library of books and if combined with SmartGo Kifu, a good library of games that you carry with you everywhere you go. Computer Go used to be really terrible and playing with it imparts very bad bad habits which is hard to change. But recently, there is a breakthrough in computer Go and they can now play at a very strong amateur level.
Smartgo Blog Go Books For Mac 2017
is a program by Remi Coulum and it is a really strong program. It is available in many platforms and I personally use it on the iPad. It is easily 1 dan amateur in rank and it has a very good sense of play. I recommend that anyone interested to play Go and cannot always find real life players or has limited internet connection to give CrazyStone a try. You will be amazed by how well it plays and it can teach you a thing or two on how to fight and direction of play.
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