Many Faces of Go Version 12 Free Download

Play go against the World Champion Program, 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 plays competitively from 18 kyu to 2 kyu, so almost any player can play interesting games without handicaps. 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 link to this web page for download. You are not allowed to modify it, and if you make copies, you must include all of the component files.

The free evaluation includes the 18 kyu go player, an sgf reader, the go tutorial, go manual, samples of the joseki and fuseki tutors, and the first go problem set.  To unlock all of the features, you can buy a registration key for your computer.

You can check out some of its games on KGS.  Version 12 plays under the user name ManyFaces in the social room "Computer Go".

In 2006 and 2007 a new breakthrough algorithm for computer go (Monte Carlo Tree Search), was developed in France.  This new approach plays thousands of pseudorandom games each second, and collects statistocs on the moves to choose where to play.  With very little go knowledge, this algorithm can beat any of the traditional, knowledge-based, go programs.  However the playing style of this new algorithm is strange.  Many Faces of Go, version 12 is the only program to combine the new search algorithm with the go knowledge from a traditional program.  This led to over 5 stones increase in playing strength.  At the 2008 ICGA world championship, the pure Monte Carlo programs beat all of the traditional programs, and Many Faces of Go version 12 beat all of the Monte Carlo and traditional programs.

Click here to download mfgo12.msi (38 MBytes)

This is an installation file that includes the full program, help files, and data files.

 

After you download run it, and it will install the files in C:\Program Files\Many Faces of Go 12. When you run it, it will give you a product ID and ask for a registration Key.  You can buy the program at the link below.  When you buy it, put your product ID in the message (or send am email with the prodcut ID to fotland@smart-games.com), and I'll email you a registration key for your computer.  Each purchase entitles you to two registration keys, at any time, and replacement keys if you upgrade your computer or operating system.

Click here to buy The Many Faces of Go registration Key.

• Strongest go player. Four time world champion (including 2 gold medals at the 2008 ICGA world championship), 10 time US champion.
• Great learning aids:

• Tracks your strength on full board play and go problems
• Computer opponent levels from 18 kyu to 2 kyu
• Play against other go progams using the GTP protocol
• Full board opening library
• Joseki tutor for corner patterns
• Thousands of go problems, presented at your level
• Over a thousand professional games, many commented
• Position, move, and full game analysis
• Analyze life and death problems in games

• Exceptional game editor
• Both .sgf and .go formats supported
• Add comments or variations, move stones, setup problems
• ctrl-click to go directly to a move
• Rotate or flip the go board

• Play against people at the Internet Go Server
• Play with any rules, any board size or any handicap

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