August 23, 2005 - PANDA-glGo 1.3.1 released!
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/glgo/
This release offers a better anti-escaper system, an improved match system
and a more reliable territory estimator. Additionally there are a new Czech
translation and a lot of minor improvements.
See the ChangeLog for further details.
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/glGo/ChangeLog.txt
If you are having problems with the Norton firewall and glGo, see:
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/glGo/norton/
glGo is available for Windows, Macintosh OS X, and Linux.
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/glgo/
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The 10th PandaNet Cup
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/event/iwag2005/e/
The 10th World Amateur Go Tournament, also known as the PandaNet Cup, is
open for subscriptions. You can participate in either the even game or
handicap game tournament. In both tournaments the top 16 players qualify
for the knockout finals. More details are available on the tournament pages.
You can subscribe till the 23rd of August.
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The 5th Cho Chikun Judan Cup
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/event/marathon2005/marathon2005.html
In the period of July 20th through August 31st there will be even more
Go games on IGS-PandaNet! In a marathon of 42 days and 19.5 hours the
participants of the 5th Cho Chikun Judan Cup will try to play more games
than any other competitor, a true challenge. So, just to remind you:
the tournament has started!
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A Brief Introduction to the Internet Go Server
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/content.html
( A detailed version of "A Brief Introduction to the Internet Go Server"
can be found at: http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/sintro1.html )
Welcome to IGS Panda Net, the Internet Go Server, the world's leading forum
for playing, watching, studying, and enjoying the game of Go on the internet.
At any time, day or night, you can find hundreds of other players from all
over the world and of all playing levels, from beginners to professionals.
Whatever your ability, you can find opponents of similar skill to play with,
and IGS provides access to the interface software to create a realistic Go
board on your computer screen. IGS broadcasts live the championship matches
for top professional events, including the Meijin, Honinbo, Kisei, Judan and
Tengen titles and the Ricoh Cup professional pairs tournament - and daily
you can watch professionals playing informal quick games with each other and
with top amateurs.
The IGS Art Gallery (http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/galleryintro.html),
features a rare and beautiful collection of classical Japanese and Chinese
paintings containing Go themes. And there is a collection of challenging
life-and-death (http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/tsumego/tsumegointro.html)
exercises to sharpen your skill.
For additional information, visit the IGS Panda Net home site:
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/content.html
An introduction to the game of Go can be found at:
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/learning_go/learning_go_1.html
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Recent additions (the IGS art gallaries):
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/art/yourmove.html
(a famous water color by Kawamura Bumpo, 1779 - 1821, Japan)
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/art/threenetsuke.html
(Japanese miniature ivory carvings from the 18th and 19th century)
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/art/pastimes.html
(includes a translation of the Chinese poem)
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/art/teatime.html
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/art/thehermits.html
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/art/thepinetree.html
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/art/kuniyoshisketch.html
(preliminary sketch for a major wood block print by Kuniyoshi)
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/art/luckygods.html
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