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SmartGo One gets a major redesign for version 3:
https://smartgo.blog/2026/05/21/smartgo-one-three/
The game view has been redesigned from scratch – the blog post shows before/after screenshots and explains the main changes.
GoGoD pro games collection in SmartGo One updated to 138,161 games, adding more than a thousand games. Enjoy!
Version 3.0 of SmartGo One is close: May 21 release if things go well.
Another 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.
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.
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.
More on the release of AlphaGo to Zero, vol. 3:
https://usgo.org/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=454497&item_id=129310&
Two things to note:
* Redmond and Garlock will review game 55 at 7 PM ET on Friday.
* Coupon ALPHAGO gives you a 10% discount, not just on AlphaGo books, but on all books at https://gobooks.com! Valid until 12/15.
AlphaGo to Zero, vol. 3:
Masterpieces: AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo
by Michael Redmond 9 dan & Chris Garlock
In volume 3 of the AlphaGo to Zero series, Michael Redmond 9p re-examines openings, direction, timing, invasions, and endgame choices through the lens of what we now know about AI play. The result is a newly coherent view of these once-mysterious battles, presented through focused commentary, key-position diagrams, and explanations that illuminate how the moves function.
