About This Game Crazy Stone has made a huge step forward by combining Deep Neural Networks with Monte Carlo Tree Search.The new Crazy Stone employs Deep Convolutional neural networks as a replacement for the pattern database and has produced a significant improvement in strength.The new program has scored a winning rate of over 90% against the previous program Crazy Stone 2013 !We have provided 20 levels of play (13k-7d) for all the board sizes.Crazy Stone has improved not only in strength, but also in his style of play and the lower levels are perfect for the average players.Features 20 levels of play for each board size (9×9, 13×13, 19×19) Human vs Computer, Human vs Human (sharing a single device) Computer vs Computer Games Handicap games, variable options of Komi Hint (suggest) Instant Undo (available even when the computer is thinking) Automatic territory calculation Japanese / Chinese Rule Suspend / Re-start games Save / Load game record in sgf files Automatic and manual replay of a game record Highlight the last move COM resign feature Two types of Board and Stones Byoyomi games (Timed games)(You will not be able to select computer level in timed games)Analysis Mode (Move list, Histogram, Record analysis)You can analyze your current game and also game records saved in sgf files. Some screen-shot samples of the analysis mode are shown above. 1075eedd30 Title: Crazy Stone Deep Learning -The First Edition-Genre: Casual, StrategyDeveloper:UNBALANCE Corporation, Rémi Coulom SASPublisher:UNBALANCE CorporationRelease Date: 25 May, 2016 Crazy Stone Deep Learning -The First Edition- Crack English Human like play. Positional calculation is a major plus. But the program has a weakness with ladders.. I love it. This is a nice board game and great AI inside.. I have one question, it is so different between playing white and black ? Black plays worse than white.. pricey but worth itI do a quick blitz game when i have nothing to do or after I lose an online game to cool my head down.,pretty good if you are a noob because you can set AI to highest level and see how they counter your move to lean. Strong engine, plays almost like a human - I haven't seen any funny robot-style moves yet.Anyone except complete beginners can play against it. The lowest strength the engine can play is 13k - if you add handicap to that, then even ~20k players can get some benefit.The user interface seems dated, but don't let that fool you - underneath it there's a great Go engine that plays a strong game and doesn't suffer from the usual issues of previous generation engines.One issue is that the engine doesn't speak the GTP protocol, so you can't use it with a generic UI like GoGui. If they add GTP in an update, it would be great.. Incredible! I've been playing Weiqi for a while before getting this software, and now play at about 4-kyu, and I'm greatly impressed by the AI of Crazy Stone Deep Learning. I usually play against the 7d computer level on 19x19 when I have a lot of time. 6d or 5d when I'm in the mood for a quick game. 3k to 1d when I'm feeling like trying to beat a stronger opponent. The higher levels teach me a lot about the game. Mistakes at my level are quickly punished by the AI. I often use the [estimate] Territory function when experimenting against stronger levels so I can see what works and what doesn't, and why. The interface, music and sound effects are simple but quite comfortable. I look forward to The Second Edition.Of course, I also do some study from books and videos online to make best use of my "Go" time, so I can improve faster and enjoy playing this and stronger human players even more.Very well worth the money if you're serious about improving your game!! It's rare I can ever play a 1d+ human player in my small city, so being able to play 7d anytime as often as I like is huge for me. Thank you.If you're a weak player, you might not like the price, and might want to buy a $10 book first, or buy an easy game instead if you're not serious about Weiqi \/ Baduk \/ Igo \/ "Go". However, I wouldn't discourage a beginner from buying this if serious about the game and can afford the investment. You can play against the 13 kyu level AI on 9x9, 13x13 and 19x19 boards, and work your way up the levels. (A beginner is 30-kyu but usually improves quickly.)If you're quite strong and don't want a $20 program you can beat easily, this is well worth $80.For those mentioning AlphaGo, you can't buy it, and it runs on a neural network of something like 2000 cores, for a super corporation's AI research and development that will someday "go" way beyond board games. So, why compare AlphaGo to $80 software you can enjoy right now?. Ok, so before everything else, a little about me: I'm not really strong at go, I played for two years and reached 12~13k on KGS, then I had to stop for two years to focus on studying. When I got back into go 2 months ago, I decided to train hard in order to "get my old 'strength' back". And that included playing against this bot once it was out.This bot beats me everytime (of course), but it doesn't feel at all like I'm playing a 7d. My first game against it (unlimited time, 7d strength) was lost by 40.5 points in an even game (in case you're interested, here's the link: https:\/\/gokibitz.com\/kifu\/VyqbrOUmb ). This is a bot that was supposed to give me 17 stones at the time, and it only beat me by 40.5 points. In case you're wondering, no, I'm not 3d, I'm around 8k on OGS. So, either it isn't 7d \/at all\/, or it played slack moves once it knew it was ahead (like AlphaGo, maybe). I personnally think it's a mix of the two. On your everyday computer, I don't think it reaches 7d, unless you force it to do 10M playouts thanks to the analyze feature, but that would mean a looooot of time for each move.The interface is also extremely old school. While it isn't ugly, it lacks game setting customization: you can only choose between predetermined main times and byo-yomis, the komi can't exceed 9.5 (so no reverse-komi handicap games), and you can only either choose between a set time for the bot to use or an unlimited time and setting a rank, so no option to "do at least X playouts per move). Funnily enough, if you put it on the "unlimited time, 7d rank", it almost never thinks about moves for more than a few seconds, but when you set it with a limited time per move, it thinks a lot more and usually plays "better" (as far as I can observe at my level, anyway). All in all, it is very expensive, and only people who are really serious (and can afford the price) about learning go will even want to consider buying this.However, I would still recommend this to those because of the analyze feature I mentionned earlier, you can make it analyze a position for as long as you want, and this way you can review games you played, see what moves it considers bad, and what it proposes instead. Playing games against it has also allowed me to progress a lot (because, at my level, it still is way better than me).If you're patient, I'm sure a free strong enough engine with similar features will be out within 1~2 years, and by the time, (hopefully) CrazyStone Deep Learning version 2 with more customizable game settings and an even stronger engine.I personnally hope V2 will be free for those who purshased the V1. In the meantime, I need to practice more :)EDIT: I've run a series of games on OGS to test its strength, it settled at 2~3d with 10 seconds per move and high priority (on a i5-3210M @ 2.5GHz), so it is decently strong even on an average computer.. There's a user-defined tag for this product that reads "casual." I can't really say that this product is for the most casual observer of Go\/Igo\/Weiqi\/Baduk.However, what I can say is that if you're an amateur player looking for an AI Go sparring partner then here's your option on Steam. In fact, it appears to be one of the most compelling options at the moment for playing this game on Steam (the other being Tabletop Simulator if you have a friend).Verdict: If you want to Go it solo on Steam (all easy puns intended) and practice against one of the more competent AI's on the market, here is your choice. But for $80 let's hope that future updates or "The Second Edition" will be included.I'll recommend it for the purpose of hopefully inspiring more products such as this to hit the Steam Store. With even more hope, I'd like to see something like KGS or Tygem on here as well.. Its a lie. Its not 7 dan. Its barely 1-2 dan on KGS on typical computer with i7. Dont buy it guys.
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