# Any Go/Baduk/Weiqi players?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364>\
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**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364 "2021-01-14T22:42:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![xiaodai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xiaodai/32/15937_2.png) [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/1 "2021-01-14T22:42:01Z")

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Are there any go/baduk/weiqi players in the Julia community?

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**Author:** ![Ian\_Slagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Ian\_Slagle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ian_Slagle)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/2 "2021-01-15T02:24:06Z")

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I’ve played Go before I think, but have more experience with Othello (although off-hand I couldn’t tell you the differences).

If you’re interested in Go in Julia, there’s a Julia version of the AlphaGo Zero experiment that you can play against here: [https://fluxml.ai/experiments/go/](https://fluxml.ai/experiments/go/)

There has been some criticism of it being a little easy ([https://discourse.julialang.org/t/it-is-too-easy-to-beat-alphago-jl/19518](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/it-is-too-easy-to-beat-alphago-jl/19518)), but it’s a neat application and open-source so you could iterate on it if you so choose.

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**Author:** ![GunnarFarneback](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gunnarfarneback/32/1827_2.png) [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/3 "2021-01-15T07:11:29Z")

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I’m not playing actively nowadays but am a co-author of GNU Go and have been involved in some go-related theoretical research like [https://tromp.github.io/go/gostate.pdf](https://tromp.github.io/go/gostate.pdf) and [GitHub - GunnarFarneback/GoGameGraphs](https://github.com/GunnarFarneback/GoGameGraphs).

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**Author:** ![xiaodai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xiaodai/32/15937_2.png) [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 7:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/4 "2021-01-15T07:56:33Z")

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> [@GunnarFarneback](#):
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> co-author of GNU Go

I used to play on that back in 2007. Awesome

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**Author:** ![mauro3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mauro3/32/292_2.png) [@mauro3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mauro3)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/5 "2021-01-15T09:56:32Z")

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I play a little go. On [dragongoserver.net](http://dragongoserver.net) with one friend at a rate of about 2-3 games per year… It sure is one of the best games.  
I also used GNU Go, way-back. Thanks @GunnarFarneback for your efforts there!

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**Author:** ![NiclasMattsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/niclasmattsson/32/21988_2.png) [@NiclasMattsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NiclasMattsson)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/6 "2021-01-15T12:01:33Z")

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I used to hover around 1 kyu - 1 dan on KGS but that was years ago, haven’t played vs humans at all since. But I’ve been closely following the incredible AlphaZero developments and greatly enjoyed the experience of getting completely destroyed by Leela Zero last year.

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**Author:** ![Jean\_Michel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jean_michel/32/8282_2.png) [@Jean\_Michel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jean_Michel)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/7 "2021-01-15T14:40:37Z")

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I have been the french go champion in 1979 and 2006. I am 5dan EGF

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**Author:** ![StatisticalMouse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/statisticalmouse/32/43370_2.png) [@StatisticalMouse](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StatisticalMouse)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/8 "2021-01-16T09:32:46Z")

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I used to play infrequently in a local pub. I might still do, except for the pandemic. I’m 5 kyu. At some point I mostly watched it on youtube.

Right now I mostly do chess puzzles.

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**Author:** ![bilderbuchi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bilderbuchi/32/13562_2.png) [@bilderbuchi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bilderbuchi)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 9:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/9 "2021-01-17T09:22:55Z")

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I just picked it up together with my 7yo son, we only have \<10 games under our belt. GNU go is also already installed, thank you for this!

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**Author:** ![lostella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lostella/32/356_2.png) [@lostella](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lostella)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/10 "2021-01-17T12:08:26Z")

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I play every now and then. I used to play frequently (mostly on KGS) until ~5-6 years ago, now I just play occasionally on [https://online-go.com/](https://online-go.com/) (which I find amazing).

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**Author:** ![StatisticalMouse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/statisticalmouse/32/43370_2.png) [@StatisticalMouse](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StatisticalMouse)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/11 "2021-01-17T16:09:50Z")

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OGS is an awesome site!

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**Author:** ![xiaodai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xiaodai/32/15937_2.png) [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/12 "2021-01-17T22:30:21Z")

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I like OGS as well. Shame there isn’t enough players

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**Author:** ![bkamins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bkamins/32/208538_2.png) [@bkamins](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bkamins)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/13 "2021-01-17T22:53:55Z")

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I was around 1 kyu 20 years ago 😄, and I still occasionally play. Just checked OGS - it looks really cool.

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**Author:** ![xiaodai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xiaodai/32/15937_2.png) [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/14 "2021-01-18T00:10:17Z")

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didn’t know that. hope to catch a game with u sometime.

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**Author:** ![xiaodai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xiaodai/32/15937_2.png) [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364/15 "2021-01-18T00:11:36Z")

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btw I did some simulation of the Chunlan cup from quarter final about to begin to today. Using Julia of course.

The big two Shin Jinseo and Ke Jie has a 51% and 30% chance of winning the tournament outright.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/6/9/696b68de2cf93bbdbab0f141c399a800c33a23ad.png)

> <https://gist.github.com/xiaodaigh/0326a03d97a0b7ded0aa88d4aeeef812>