Life In 19x19

I can't see how a player that nearly never plays international games can be ranked #3 in the world.
I like Iyama but he doesn't deserve that spot.
All his competitors in Japan are out of top 20 in the world(most would actually think top 50) so how can his vicotories count so high?

Wow it seems like a hurricane passed by here..

I thank Kirby for introducing me some awesome programs and I also want to thank others for warning me of possible dangers; obviously I don't wanna cause anyone any trouble.

But yeah, after looking into these programs it became soon evident that I ...

Kirby wrote:Either curl or wget will work. Look them up.

Well.. Im such a terible tech guy this seems scary.

Have you used them before to download Tygem game data? If so, any tips on that matter would be greatly appreciated

Kirby wrote:Either curl or wget will work. Look them up.

WOW youre my savior man. Though I didnt look em up yet I'm sure they will work like charm!

In Fuseki Info for Tygem, there are over 200,000 games in database.

What I want to know is-how did all these games were collected?

I'm in search for a way to mass-download all the recent datas.

I asked baduk.org via e-mail but received no answer.

I also asked Tygem about the database but they ...

oren wrote:You can add databases to smartgo.

Oh, thank you very much for letting me know oren.

And talking about adding database, is there a program that enables me to mass-download Tygem games?

I love features that're offered in sites like Josekipedia, Wlathri.net, OGS.
Problem is, there are things I just can't do cuz I dont own em.

For instance, I cant add any database to Waltheri.net.

So I looked for programs I can own that has similar functions to Josekipedia, Waltheri.net and etc ...

Thanks for all the advice guys...

Although half of your comments sound like alien language to me right now... if I do my work I'd understand more of em and they'll be a tremendous help.

I will take some Computer Science classes in university this fall. Hope it helps.

This site uses WHR (as mentioned on its homepage). AFAIK, Dr Baeil's rating is a variant of Elo. Since WHR outperforms Elo, this system is probably better.

Is that always the case? I have no idea how those systems works but I know Dr Baeil puts serious effort and time into collecting all datas ...

I have no idea how the programming works.

If I spend all my time and effort into learning the basics and etc., how long would it take me to be able to program top-notch Tsumego-solver, sgf editor, and etc.?

Just a rough estimate plz

I don't see a Korean bias from Dr.Baeil's ranking system. Tuo's ranking did go up significantly. I dont think he did great on international tournament so what do you expect? Only one thing that all the ratings agree upon: PJH is no.1 right now.
Personally I see KeJie becoming no.1 pretty soon though.

What's amazing is that ever since international tourneament started all #1 players are koreans. Heck, even ChoChikun is Korean descent.

BTW Im not sure how all these players are rated. No doubt Dr.Baeil's rating system is the best we have right now.

I'm looking for tsumego editor that enables me to create kind of problems that responds in many different moves to problem solver's moves.

I've seen this feature in many apps like wegoigo Tsumego Collection; one of em collections responds in diffrent moves to my moves when I solve em.

Also Sahwal ...