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10.4. Where can I find the game Go?

The game "Go," a two-player strategy board game, is available by Telnetting to one of several Go servers. These programs are home to informal games as well as international tournaments. (One such tourney had nearly 150 participants from twenty countries!)

Users in the United States can Telnet to the following: 

bsdserver.ucsf.edu 6969
or 
hellspark.wharton.upenn.edu 6969.
Users in France can Telnet to 
flamingo.pasteur.fr 6969.
For more information about Go and online Go games, read the Go Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list. It is available via FTP as rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/games/go-faq.

If you do not have FTP, you can request the Go FAQ using a mail server. Send e-mail 

To: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
Subject: <subject line is ignored>
Body: send usenet/news.answers/games/go-faq
Here's an example of a game of Go in progress: 
#> Game 3 (I): cfhopkins [10k ] vs xml [19k ]

      A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T      H-cap 4 Komi  0.5
  19 |. # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 19  Captured by #: 0
  18 |. O # . # O O . . . . . . . . . . . .| 18  Captured by O: 3
  17 |. . O # O . . O O . O # . . . . . . .| 17
  16 |. O . # . O O O . O O . . # . # . . .| 16  Wh Time 72:33
  15 |O # # # # O O # O # . . . . . . # # .| 15  Bl Time 62:03
  14 |# O O O # # # # . # . . . . . O O O .| 14
  13 |. O # # O O O # . . . . . . . . . . .| 13   Last Move: M6
  12 |O # . . # . # O . . . . . . . . . . .| 12    #126 O (White)
  11 |. . . # . # O . . . . . . . . . . . .| 11
  10 |. . . # . . # . . + . . . . . + O . .| 10     B #125 N6
   9 |. # # O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . .|  9     W #124 K7
   8 |. . O . . . . O . . . . . . . . # . .|  8     B #123 J7
   7 |. # O O O O O # # O . . . . . . . . .|  7     W #122 H8
   6>|. O O # # # # . . O .>O<# . . # . . .|< 6     B #121 G6
   5 |# # # . . . . # # O . . O # . . . . .|  5     W #120 G7
   4 |O O # # . . . . . # O . O # . # . . .|  4     B #119 G10
   3 |. O O O # # . # # O O . . O # . . . .|  3     W #118 G16
   2 |. . . . O O # . . # O . . O # . . . .|  2     B #117 H13
   1 |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|  1     W #116 H12
      A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T

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