Igowin is a 9x9 free version of Many Faces of Go. Play go against the computer with great graphics. It keeps track of your record and playing strength and has an on-line manual with history of go, where to buy books and equipment, etc. It includes the Go Tutorial from The Many Faces of Go, so it is a good program to give a beginning go player. It plays competitively from 25 Kyu through 6 Dan, so stronger players will enjoy it as well. It learns from its mistakes, so every game is different.
This is free copyrighted software. You may give it away or sell it. I encourage others to put it on their web page for download. You are not allowed to modify it, and if you make copies, you must include all of the component files.
If you like Igowin, please come back and purchase The Many Faces of Go, a full featured go program.
Click here to download igowin.exe . This is a self-extracting archive and includes the igowin.exe executable, the grain.bmp wood grain bitmap, readme.txt, and two windows help files. It's about 800KB. After download, run it, and it will install the files in C:\Program Files\igowin. It does not automatically add itself to your start menu or make a shortcut on the desktop.
If you like Go, you will also like Arimaa, a new two player strategy game. I've written the world champion computer arimaa program. Click here to download a free trial verision.