Evolution of a Go program

About the development of Moyo Go Studio, software to (help) play the Oriental game of Go. Go is a two-player zero-sum game of perfect information. It is considered much harder than Chess. Currently, in spite of enormous effort expended, no computer program plays it above the level of a beginner.

Friday, December 23, 2005

The (S)AGA Continues

AGA has kicked me off their mailing list, but someone brought this (from the AGA E-Journal) to my attention:

"HALF-PRICE SALE ON MASTERGO: The creator of MasterGo is offering a special half-price New Year sale: $50 instead of the usual $100 cost. The software for studying joseki and fuseki includes tens of thousands of professional games. Available at www.slateandshell.com for delivery in early January."

Hm.

Wasn't Slate & Shell a spin-off of AGA's board members? And isn't MasterGo a competitor of Moyo Go Studio? Hasn't Moyo Go Studio been refused a review in the AGA journal? Isn't this a "conflict of interest"?

posted by Franciscus @ 12:03 AM