On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 08:08:45AM +0200, Knapp wrote: > Did you know that there is a game called "GO" and that sounds a lot like > your names? BTW, it is the best game ever made! I was the president of my > collage chess club too and I NEVER play that game anymore because go is > so much better. I also have played LOTS of other games. If you would like > to try out this game is a simple way, I recommend using a free program > called igo or is it igowin?? One other fact, go computers suck. They play > very badly and cannot be made to beat a good player. Please email me if > you want to know more about this great game.
That reminds me of something I read recently. Apparently the first ever computer program that can play Go with near-human skill was developed this year: http://www.usgo.org/index.php?%23_id=4602 Of course, it only beat the human in 1 out of 3 matches :) --- James