Life In 19x19

I'm giving this a shot as well:

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The bot above is in Ruby, but I think I've hit the limit of what I can do in Ruby given the time limits involved (#2 Ruby bot, so I don't think I'm alone in this regard). I've rewritten it in java, and its MUCH faster, but I hesitate to upload again and reset my ...

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It was understandable and mostly familiar but there were certainly some things in here I had not seen before. For example both positions 2 & 3 in the endgame ...

Thank you very much for the review!

As we are both beginners, I'm sure there are a ton of very bad plays made on both sides in this game, but I would appreciate any advice anyone could give. We have found in the past that about 4 handicap stones tends to give us a close game.

This was a pretty slow game (45 minutes each side, and I ...

Maybe I'm missing something here, but if you check the "private" box, doesn't that prevent people from joining? Then all you have to do is add your friend to the list of people that can join.
That's what I do, at least.

When I click the "private" box, people can still join and I can't seem to ...

I've been lurking on this forum for some time, but finally decided to break down and register as I love the conversation and learn so much reading here.

I had one question regarding KGS private games. Sometimes I want to create a private game, and invite a friend to play one without putting it out ...