SmartGo Kifu
The premier tool to study Go
$19.99
4.8for iPhone, iPad
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About SmartGo Kifu
SmartGo Kifu transforms your iPad into a Go board with a library of over 100,000 professional game records and 2,000 problems. Study master games, solve problems, explore joseki, play against the computer, and record you own games.
Features:
- 108,000 professional games
- 2,000 Go problems on the go
- 30 annotated games (in English)
- Joseki and fuseki analysis
- Tree view for easy navigation
- Record your own games
- Import and export games
- Use as a Go board for two human players
- Replay games and explore alternate sequences
- Annotate moves, edit game info
- Guess Next Move
- Tutorial with over 100 problems
Computer Play:
- Strong game engine
- Fast response (adjustable)
- Automatic handicap adjustment on 9x9, 11x11, 13x13
- Manual choice of handicap and board size up to 19x19
- Track level per user
- Computer resigns when too far behind (can be turned off)
- Territory estimator
- Hint
- Undo
- Replay
SmartGo Kifu is designed as a versatile tool for Go players who want to study professional games, practice Go problems, record their games, as well as play against the computer. If you're new to Go or just want a quick and challenging game against the computer, please check out our popular SmartGo Player app.
Go is also known as igo (囲碁), wéiqí (围棋), or baduk (바둑).
Features:
- 108,000 professional games
- 2,000 Go problems on the go
- 30 annotated games (in English)
- Joseki and fuseki analysis
- Tree view for easy navigation
- Record your own games
- Import and export games
- Use as a Go board for two human players
- Replay games and explore alternate sequences
- Annotate moves, edit game info
- Guess Next Move
- Tutorial with over 100 problems
Computer Play:
- Strong game engine
- Fast response (adjustable)
- Automatic handicap adjustment on 9x9, 11x11, 13x13
- Manual choice of handicap and board size up to 19x19
- Track level per user
- Computer resigns when too far behind (can be turned off)
- Territory estimator
- Hint
- Undo
- Replay
SmartGo Kifu is designed as a versatile tool for Go players who want to study professional games, practice Go problems, record their games, as well as play against the computer. If you're new to Go or just want a quick and challenging game against the computer, please check out our popular SmartGo Player app.
Go is also known as igo (囲碁), wéiqí (围棋), or baduk (바둑).
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What's New in the Latest Version 4.8
Last updated on Apr 28, 2020
Old Versions
GoGoD game collection with 108,000 professional game records.
Add Settings > Move Display > Coordinates as Letters.
Various bug fixes.
Add Settings > Move Display > Coordinates as Letters.
Various bug fixes.
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Version History
4.8
Apr 28, 2020
GoGoD game collection with 108,000 professional game records.
Add Settings > Move Display > Coordinates as Letters.
Various bug fixes.
Add Settings > Move Display > Coordinates as Letters.
Various bug fixes.
4.7.7
Nov 13, 2019
Fix issue with sharing or saving games with particular characters in game IDs.
4.7.6
Oct 21, 2019
Fix sharing games that have special characters in game ID.
4.7.5
Oct 18, 2019
Fix behavior when system dark mode is turned on.
Use SGF file extension when saving to Files.
Use SGF file extension when saving to Files.
4.7.4
Oct 15, 2019
Update to GoGoD game collection of 105,323 games.
Work around issue where Open In not working for SGF files.
Work around issue where Open In not working for SGF files.
4.7.3
Apr 17, 2019
- Updated GoGoD game collection of 102,718 games.
- Fix a bug where SmartGo sometimes stopped playing.
- Fix a bug where SmartGo sometimes stopped playing.
4.7.2
Jan 21, 2019
Fix bug with move entry after pasting SGF.
4.7.1
Jan 17, 2019
- Fix crashing bug that could happen after deleting move.
- Update GoGoD game collection to 102,125 games.
- Update GoGoD game collection to 102,125 games.
4.7
Nov 10, 2018
- Update collection of pro games to 101,526 games.
- Update player dictionary.
- Fix bugs and adapt to new devices.
- Update player dictionary.
- Fix bugs and adapt to new devices.
4.6.2
Jul 14, 2018
Updated game collection: now over 98,000 pro games.
Updated player biographies.
Minor bug fixes.
Updated player biographies.
Minor bug fixes.
4.6.1
Apr 11, 2018
• Updated GoGoD game collection with newest games, for a total of over 96,000 games.
• Updated mini-biographies of pro players, now for over 4,000 players.
• Bug fixes.
• Removed Fabric/Crashlytics.
• Updated mini-biographies of pro players, now for over 4,000 players.
• Bug fixes.
• Removed Fabric/Crashlytics.
4.6
Dec 12, 2017
Updated GoGoD game collection of 94,698 games.
Updated mini-biographies (now more than 3000 players).
Updated mini-biographies (now more than 3000 players).
4.5.1
Sep 27, 2017
Fix crash on iOS 9 when tapping on a link.
Fix list of games and problems not always updated on iPad.
Fix list of games and problems not always updated on iPad.
4.5
Sep 23, 2017
Updated for iOS 11.
Improved book view for annotated games, e.g. Michael Redmond’s AlphaGo vs AlphaGo analysis from the e-Journal:
• Fewer unnecessary diagrams.
• Comment at start of variation will create a diagram for that variation.
• A comment line in quotes will be used as the diagram caption.
• A comment line starting with # to ##### will be shown as a header.
• Added setting for splitting main line (Move Display > Moves per Diagram).
Fixed reading SGF files that start with an empty line, and other fixes.
Improved book view for annotated games, e.g. Michael Redmond’s AlphaGo vs AlphaGo analysis from the e-Journal:
• Fewer unnecessary diagrams.
• Comment at start of variation will create a diagram for that variation.
• A comment line in quotes will be used as the diagram caption.
• A comment line starting with # to ##### will be shown as a header.
• Added setting for splitting main line (Move Display > Moves per Diagram).
Fixed reading SGF files that start with an empty line, and other fixes.
4.4
Jul 7, 2017
• Updated GoGoD game collection with 91,444 games, including newest AlphaGo and DeepZen games.
• Updated player info now includes tournament wins: tap on player name above board to see mini-biography.
• Added option to turn off automatic main line promotion (under Move Input settings). (This feature helps keep the main line of the game from getting lost in a variation when recording a game, but is not always what you want.)
• Updated player info now includes tournament wins: tap on player name above board to see mini-biography.
• Added option to turn off automatic main line promotion (under Move Input settings). (This feature helps keep the main line of the game from getting lost in a variation when recording a game, but is not always what you want.)
4.3
Feb 8, 2017
• Updated to newest GoGoD game collection with over 89,000 games, including the 60 recent AlphaGo games.
• Improved names dictionary with mini-biographies of players.
• Improved search for players, including many player name variants.
• Traditional Chinese translations of many player names.
• Support for smartgo:// URL scheme to open specific games.
• Improved names dictionary with mini-biographies of players.
• Improved search for players, including many player name variants.
• Traditional Chinese translations of many player names.
• Support for smartgo:// URL scheme to open specific games.
4.2
Jul 21, 2016
Update to newest GoGoD collection of 87,000 pro games.
Improve search for games, e.g. “Sedol 2010-2016” now works.
Fix issue with entering moves along the left edge of the board.
Improve search for games, e.g. “Sedol 2010-2016” now works.
Fix issue with entering moves along the left edge of the board.
4.1.3
Apr 13, 2016
Fix crash in joseki matching with few stones.
4.1.2
Apr 7, 2016
Fix crash after going to book view in portrait mode on iOS 8.
Fix pause button not always showing the correct state.
Fix pause button not always showing the correct state.
4.1.1
Mar 21, 2016
• Added all ten AlphaGo games (for a total of 85941 game records).
• Search for ‘Lee Sedol’ will find all 1180 games by ‘Yi Se-tol’.
• Improved distinction of swipe and move entry in problems. (Make sure you turn on Settings > Move Input > Swipe in Problems if you turned that off earlier due to issues.)
• Fix some thumbnails in My Games mistakenly shown like problems.
• Fix bug with writing FF1 labels.
• Work around SGF issue in PocketGoban files.
• Search for ‘Lee Sedol’ will find all 1180 games by ‘Yi Se-tol’.
• Improved distinction of swipe and move entry in problems. (Make sure you turn on Settings > Move Input > Swipe in Problems if you turned that off earlier due to issues.)
• Fix some thumbnails in My Games mistakenly shown like problems.
• Fix bug with writing FF1 labels.
• Work around SGF issue in PocketGoban files.
4.1
Jan 29, 2016
• Game collection updated with newest pro games (now 85931 game records).
• Fix crash when deleting move in Matching view.
• Fix Japanese counting sometimes off by one.
• Improved thumbnails of problem positions in My Games.
• Various bug fixes.
• Fix crash when deleting move in Matching view.
• Fix Japanese counting sometimes off by one.
• Improved thumbnails of problem positions in My Games.
• Various bug fixes.
4.0.3
Dec 10, 2015
Fix responsiveness of navigation in iPad portrait layout.
Add two Japanese coordinate systems (Settings > Board Display > Board Coordinates).
Better file name when emailing multiple games as a single SGF (My Games > Edit > Email).
Various bug fixes.
Add two Japanese coordinate systems (Settings > Board Display > Board Coordinates).
Better file name when emailing multiple games as a single SGF (My Games > Edit > Email).
Various bug fixes.
4.0.2
Nov 8, 2015
Fix move entry when zoomed.
Fix move numbers disappearing after scoring.
Fix move numbers disappearing after scoring.
4.0.1
Oct 17, 2015
Add Quick Actions to the Home screen.
Allow three columns in book view.
Bug fixes.
Allow three columns in book view.
Bug fixes.
4.0
Sep 30, 2015
- Match patterns along a whole side of the board. You can now explore joseki in the context of the Chinese opening, sanrensei, or any other opening.
- Better display of game info. (Tap on professional player name to see player info; tap between the player names to see game info.)
- Improved performance and usability.
- Update for iOS 9.
- Better display of game info. (Tap on professional player name to see player info; tap between the player names to see game info.)
- Improved performance and usability.
- Update for iOS 9.
3.8
Jul 28, 2015
Updated game collection with newest pro games. Now with 84,000+ games to match joseki and fuseki patterns and explore your favorite players.
3.7.1
Jun 26, 2015
Bug fixes:
- Games and problem progress not properly saved.
- Player names cut off when using bold text.
- Games and problem progress not properly saved.
- Player names cut off when using bold text.
3.7
Jun 15, 2015
Improve support for extensions like Save to Dropbox.
Numerous bug fixes.
Numerous bug fixes.
3.6.2
Feb 27, 2015
Fix sorting list of players.
3.6.1
Feb 18, 2015
Fix bug with territory calculation.
Fix Open SGF from Web.
Various small bug fixes.
Fix Open SGF from Web.
Various small bug fixes.
3.6
Feb 3, 2015
- Updated GoGoD game collection with over 82,000 games.
- Improved VoiceOver support (coordinates for next move).
- Fuseki and joseki analysis shows winning percentage.
- Bug fixes and user interface refinements.
- Improved VoiceOver support (coordinates for next move).
- Fuseki and joseki analysis shows winning percentage.
- Bug fixes and user interface refinements.
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iPhone
iPad
SmartGo Kifu supports Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish
