Anders KierulfAnother thousand games added to the pro games collection in SmartGo One, for a total of 137,155 games.
SmartGo One 2.8 drastically improves Hint: it now highlights bad moves, and lets you see the principal variation expected for each move (just tap to select the move bubble).
Joseki analysis now also shows a scrollable list of choices, not just top 3, a bug with sharing SGF files to SmartGo has been fixed, and more.
A SmartGo fan sent me a link to Jerry Pournelle’s article in 1985 BYTE magazine, fun reminder.
https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1985-12/page/n329/mode/2up
It was great to meet Jerry Pournelle on his tour of ETH Zürich and give him a demo of the Smart Go Board – more than 40 years ago!
Upgrade your tactics at half price: “Cross-Cut Workshop” and “Key Concepts in Life and Death: Inside Moves and Under the Stones Techniques” by Richard Hunter are on sale until December 27, a steal at just $2.99 each. Learn how to handle the dreaded cross-cut, and start recognizing killable shapes and under-the-stones situations.
The discounted price is available both when buying directly on the web as well as when buying in-app in SmartGo One.
GoGoD pro games collection in SmartGo One has been updated to 136,011 games, adding more than 1,500 games. Enjoy!
And here’s one of the alternate app icons to remind you that coupon ALPHAGO still gives you 10% off on books bought directly at gobooks.com.
SmartGo One now shows which pro games are referenced in go books.
I added sharing of books as EPUB to SmartGo One three weeks ago, only now getting around to posting about it:
Also new in Go Books: “Weird and Wonderful, vol. 2: Unusual Opening Patterns and Techniques through the Eyes of AI” by Kim Ouweleen. The first volume looked at extraordinary moves by professional go players; this second volume brings together a range of unusual opening patterns, tested against AI. Inside, you will find cherished techniques from the past that AI has overturned, alongside fresh innovations and rare variations now confirmed as sound.
New in Go Books: “Mastering Mini Go: A Complete Guide to the 9×9 Go Board” by Mark Tomlinson.
From the intro: “The 9×9 board distills Go to its essence—a knife fight in a phone booth where every move counts and games finish in minutes, not hours. Mastering Mini Go is your complete guide to this compact battlefield, transforming it from a beginner’s training ground into a sophisticated tactical arena.”
If you play any 9×9 go, this is a must-read.
Pro games collection updated to 134,497 games, adding almost 2,000 games. Would have been an even 134,500 except that there are three 21 × 21 games in GoGoD that SmartGo One can’t handle.
Really interesting opening in the most recent game of Ichiriki Ryo vs Shibano Toramaru (2025-10-01e), big trade in the lower left corner. Check it out.
