GoKnot

GoKnot is a complete Windows Go solution. Go (Japanese) is the oriental game aka Wei Qi (Chinese) and Baduk (Korean). GoKnot can be used for playing, both locally or on the Internet. It is also a tool for editing and analyzing games.

GoKnot as a playing tool:

GnuGo 3.6 engine for playing included

Analysis, best moves list, what if ..

Hints during play

It is modular and open. The engine can be replaced

GoKnot as a games/problems edition tool:

Complete support of the SGF 4.0 standard

Conversion of older SGF versions

Edition of symbols, remarks, etc.

Game trees edition capacities: extracting individual branches, merging, cropping trees, etc.

Game maps!!

Realistic boards with customizable board and stone bitmaps

Splits game collections to multiple files

Sketch gobans for testing on a copy

Complete editable timing game records

Easy annotation for SGF standards

GoKnot as an IGS client:

Display hints while playing a game

While playing you may ask "what if" questions

While playing you may try variations on a sketch goban where the engine plays as your opponent

Observing multiple IGS games in multiple boards

You can observe up to 24 games simultaneously

Storing the games with complete timing records

Most of these features are not found in any other software

More features:

Gobans can be floated, restored or resized by simple mouse clicks.

GoKnot can be used as a debugger for developing GKE engines

Board and stone textures can be created by the user

Install and uninstall:

Friendly install and uninstall with support for updating previous versions

Uninstall fully restores: erases any files installed and any registry keys created

The program verifies its integrity making sure it is 100% virus free

Требования:

No particular requirements in Windows. In Linux, Wine is required.