Go on Fire - My games on the Kindle Fire
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:16 pm
So the Kindle Fire has a pretty good Go app, although I only have the free version at the moment, which only allows the first 60 moves of a 19x19 game, but full games for 9x9 and 13x13.
I'm not sure how strong the program is, but it has 10 AI levels. I beat the first level easily enough and the second after a little practice, but I've been stuck on the third for a long time; I've probably lost something like 12 games to it so far, with the closest margin 1.5 points (playing black each time, Japanese rules).
Today I won for the first time! And by 27.5 points, apparently! The game is attached.
Only after I went back over the game did I realize a few moves I could have done differently; on 73, I could have played at F3 to finish the outline that I'd made, and it would have saved me the trouble of defending that corner so poorly later in the game (which I only escaped from because the AI didn't take my 4 stones when I threatened his). On 161, I should have played at A8 and I could have killed that entire side of the board.
I think this game helped me, a little. There was a point near the end of the game where I suddenly realized, "Hey! I'm actually in yose right now, I should shore up my lines a bit". I've never had that happen before; it was a wondrous experience. Hopefully I'll play a little better next game.
Sorry if I didn't link the game properly, this is my first time posting.
I'm not sure how strong the program is, but it has 10 AI levels. I beat the first level easily enough and the second after a little practice, but I've been stuck on the third for a long time; I've probably lost something like 12 games to it so far, with the closest margin 1.5 points (playing black each time, Japanese rules).
Today I won for the first time! And by 27.5 points, apparently! The game is attached.
Only after I went back over the game did I realize a few moves I could have done differently; on 73, I could have played at F3 to finish the outline that I'd made, and it would have saved me the trouble of defending that corner so poorly later in the game (which I only escaped from because the AI didn't take my 4 stones when I threatened his). On 161, I should have played at A8 and I could have killed that entire side of the board.
I think this game helped me, a little. There was a point near the end of the game where I suddenly realized, "Hey! I'm actually in yose right now, I should shore up my lines a bit". I've never had that happen before; it was a wondrous experience. Hopefully I'll play a little better next game.
Sorry if I didn't link the game properly, this is my first time posting.
