Life In 19x19

There's no conversion between the levels and kyu ranks, as it depends on too many variables: Board size, the type and speed of device, the time you allow the computer per move, as well as your own experience in playing the computer. I decided to provide a simple level indication instead of a ...

If you're playing the same people repeatedly, I wouldn't worry about rank. I use some variant of the old handicap system , adjusting the handicap up and down based on past results. On 19x19, I start at even, and play until one player has a three game lead, at which point they give a one stone ...

I've also seen suggestions for fine-grained handicapping and komi on 9x9 and 13x13 ( http://senseis.xmp.net/?HandicapForSmallerBoardSizes ) though I've never used them. You just have to give up the one rank = one stone model.

Yes, I had a look at those earlier.

Decided to go with the ...

Thanks guys.

I do appreciate that ranking by computer (especially from 9x9 and 13x13 games) is 'iffy' at the best of times, so I don't plan to take it as gospel.

I was just thinking it would be nice if (however accurate or inaccurate) SmartGo spoke to you in conventional ranking terms the way ...

Hello everyone.

I'm completely new to this game and was wondering if someone here could explain something to me.

I've been looking at a couple of Go apps for the iPhone/iPod; Igowin and SmartGo.

I tried out the Igowin Tutor app (which is free) and liked the facility where you could play against ...