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		erikb on May 27, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go in Go Have a look at the Go Text Protocol [1] and SGF [2]. If you add these then the strongest existing AIs can already play on your board. All that said you can of course write your own bots, but Copmputer Go isn't as easy as one might think. In fact it's still considered a much harder problem than Computer Chess. [1] http://www.lysator.liu.se/~gunnar/gtp/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Game_Format

FlailFast on May 27, 2015 [–]

Ah awesome! Thanks for sharing. Definitely going to add this on my to-do list; would love to add some already-made AI to it. :D

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