Dariush go freeware
Boissac Frédéric
My partner and I are both computer programmers. We have created a
software,
named Dariush, which plays weiqi. We invite you to visit our website
http://ricoh51.free.fr/indexeng.htm
There, you will be able to download a free demonstration version playing
weiqi
in 13*13.
The graphic user interface offers many interesting advantages. You can
learn Josekis, Fusekis, solve problems....
Please, have a look at the Dariush's descriptive below.
Frédéric Boissac
Dariush's features :
Dariush is a software which permit you to play weiqi against it or against
an
external weiqi engine (7 free engines are available here).
It has 10 games levels, is able to play on differents goban size : 9x9,
11x11, 13x13, 15x15, 17x17 et 19x19. It can play with or without handicap
(from 0 to 9), knows 3 rules (japanesee, chinese and aga), with or without
times limits.
It is able to edit games, to add commentarys and marks at each move and is
able to create an infinity of variations (it depends only of the memory
available). The number of simultaneous games is only limited by the memory
available.
It permit you to learn joseki and fuseki with his librarys that you can
display at each moves of the game. You can also display the white and
black territories at each moves.
It is compatible with the "Kogo's Joseki Dictionary ".
It permit you to create problems library, to resolve problems and to load
problems from the internet.
It can open and save games formats : .go, .mgt, .sgf, .ght, .ugf et .ugi.
The graphic user interface and the help are available in english and
french.
Dariush runs on windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP
The minimum necessary memory is 20Mo but we recommend 32Mo. The minimum
CPU speed is 133 MHz but we recommend 700MHz.
Dariush has take part in 3 internationnals challenges : >
· Dublin in 2001 : 3/7
· Stefan Mertin in 2002 : 10/23
· Graz in 2003 : 4/11