History of Changes

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Note: SmartGo 2.6 will require you to enter your serial number and activate SmartGo again, as we've switched to a new installer and activation system. Please contact us if you need to know your serial number.

Version 2.8.3 (2008-06-16)

New Features

More games: SmartGo now includes 45,202 high-quality professional games.

Fixed Issues

Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.8.2 (2008-04-29)

Fixed Issues

Improve compatibility with MoGo: Partial work around for issue with 'undo' in MoGo. Pass time_left to make MoGo work with --totalTime setting. Check for support of fixed_handicap command.
IGS fixes: 'Looking' flag cleared by mistake. Time set wrong after automatch request by other player.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.8.1 (2008-01-23)

Fixed Issues

Bug after closing file: Fixed a hang or crash that could happen after closing a file or deleting a game.

Version 2.8 (2007-12-12)

New Features

More games: SmartGo now includes 43,170 high-quality professional games.
Analyze Position: The Tools > Analyze Position command has been improved to more accurately reflect the actual score.

Fixed Issues

Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.7.3 (2007-10-25)

New Features

SmartGo in French: Many thanks to Jean-Pierre Avy for translating SmartGo to French. Just choose Help > French to switch language.

Version 2.7.2 (2007-10-09)

New Features

Play against MoGo: Work around limitations in MoGo's GTP protocol handling so MoGo can be added as a GTP engine.
Gray background on exported diagrams: Added a setting so that exported diagrams can have a gray background. Choose Tools > Special > More Options and set ExportBoardColor to 0.9 instead of the default 1.

Fixed Issues

Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.7.1 (2007-07-24)

Fixed Issues

IGS bug in localized versions: Fixed a bug that could happen at the end of an IGS game when SmartGo was set to a language other than English.
Easier fuseki matching: Shift-Ctrl-J now turns on fuseki matching.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.7 (2007-05-31)

New Features

More games: SmartGo now includes more than 40,500 high-quality professional games.

Fixed Issues

Removed alert: The alert that complains about temporary files not found at startup has been removed.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.6.2 (2007-04-10)

New Features

Speed up entering problems: Show current player also during Add Stones mode. Add menu command and keyboard shortcut for Opponent to Play.

Fixed Issues

Reading files: Several fixes reading NGF and Ishi format files.
Checkmarks on Vista: Fix problem with checkmarks next to problems not shown on Vista.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.6.1 (2007-03-02)

New Features

Speed up entering problems: The mouse mode is now preserved when using Tools > Add to Collection, and is restored after setting up a partial board view.

Fixed Issues

Bug fix: The AE (AddEmpty) property in user-added library games caused a hang when trying to remove non-existent stones.

Version 2.6 (2007-02-23)

New Features

Free Viewer: When your 15-day free trial period expires, SmartGo now turns into a Viewer: Features like Save and Print are disabled, and the size of the library is restricted, but you can continue to freely use SmartGo as a viewer.
Windows Vista: SmartGo has been tested to install and run well on Vista.
Smaller download: The download size has been reduced from 17 MB to 12 MB, making it even easier to update to the newest version.
Faster startup: SmartGo 2.6 launches significantly faster than previous versions.
More Options: Tools > Special > More Options provides convenient access to some settings that were not exposed earlier.

Fixed Issues

Bug fix: The AE (AddEmpty) property in user-added library games could cause a crash.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.5 (2007-01-18)

New Features

Predefined game filters: A number of predefined filters make it even easier to find specific games: Games with komi, handicap games, half-point wins, or early resignations. And just name any filter you define yourself and it will show up in the menu for easy access later.
Alt-click enhanced: SmartGo has always made it easy to go directly to a move: Just hold down the Alt key and click to go to a particular move. In this release, we've gone a step further: press Alt and SmartGo shows you all the moves, making it much easier to find the move you want. Or hold down Alt just to see the sequence of moves that you're in. Try it once, and you'll never want to go back to the old version.
Copy as ASCII: Choose Edit > Copy as ASCII (Ctrl-Shift-C) to copy the current position as text for inclusion in email, discussion groups, or Sensei's Library. More...
Polish translation: Thanks to Piotr Lewczuk, the SmartGo user interface is now available in Polish. Just choose Help > Polish and SmartGo switches languages on the fly. (If you'd like to translate SmartGo to your language, please let us know.)
Key for Next Problem: Just use Tab to go to the next problem.

Fixed Issues

Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.4.1 (2006-12-29)

Deleting multiple games: Fix possible crash when deleting multiple games.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.4 (2006-12-22)

New Features

Guess next move: This cool feature now keeps track of your statistics and tells you when you're in the right area, or when you found a good move but your timing is off. Choose Replay > Guess Next Move to try out this major enhancement. More...
Game length: SmartGo now keeps the number of moves in each game up-to-date, so you can use that to sort and filter games in the library. Right-click on the games list header to add that column.
Various refinements: We continue to fine-tune the feature set and usability of SmartGo. For example, we've added Delete This Branch and Make Main Branch to speed up editing, complete with shortcut keys. Just play a sequence of moves, then use Shift-Delete to remove that sequence and restore your position.
45,000 professional games: Including 1516 games played in 2006.
Improved computer play: Significant improvements in various areas. For example, ko fights are now handled much better.

Fixed Issues

Bug when deleting games: When a file with a single game was open in multiple tabs and that game was deleted on one tab, saving the file on the other tab could lead to a zero-length file.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.3.2 (2006-11-06)

13x13 games: Fix crash with joseki matching in 13x13 game.

Version 2.3.1 (2006-10-30)

Winning percentage: Winning percentage shown for joseki was off in rare cases.
Guess next move: Guess Next Move added to Replay menu.

Version 2.3 (2006-10-24)

New Features

Joseki Context: Show typical black and white influence for matching positions.
Copy/Paste Positions & Games: Copy and paste positions and games between tabs.
Translated player names: Right-click on the header of the player list to add columns that show the Japanese and Korean player names.
German: The complete SmartGo program has been translated to German (thanks to Tobias Berben), and much of the website has been translated too.
NGF: Read Korean NGF format.
Warning when deleting game: SmartGo now asks before deleting a game. You can turn that off on a per-tab basis (right-click tab and choose Tab Settings).
Ctrl-End: Add command and keyboard shortcut for going to end of main line of play.

Fixed Issues

Encoding bugs: Fix bugs where files with special encodings were not read properly.
Program strength: Various improvements in playing strength.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.2.2 (2006-07-28)

Observing games on IGS: Patch to work around bogus change in IGS protocol.

Version 2.2.1 (2006-06-29)

Mark longest moves: Fixed.

Version 2.2 (2006-06-29)

New Features

38049 professional games: Including 660 games played in 2006.
Show more data about matching positions: SmartGo now shows winning percentage and years played when matching positions. Turn on View > Show Diagram Caption to see that information below the board.
Mark longest moves: Automatically find the 10 moves that took the longest time, so you can zero in on the difficult moves and review them. Choose Edit > Advanced > Mark Longest Moves. (This works for games that have timing information, such as those played on a Go server.)

Fixed Issues

Make Main Line: After Edit > Make Main Line, deleting moves could lead to a crash.
Reorder branches: Reordering the next moves (by dragging in the tree window) could lose one of the branches.
IGS: Starting a match after finishing another game sometimes failed.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.1 (2006-05-02)

New Features

Kombilo matching: Match any patterns along the edge or in the center, like Kombilo. More...
Instant game filter: Just start typing what you look for. More...
100 MB less RAM: With all the games loaded, SmartGo now uses just 74 MB.
Mark statistically good or bad moves: Joseki and fuseki moves with a significantly better or worse winning percentage are marked.
1379 more professional games: Including 322 games played in 2006.
Save Changes? Tired of answering 'No' to save changes? Right-click on a tab and choose Tab Settings to turn off that alert on a per-tab basis.
IGS player stats: The Match dialog now gives you direct access to the opponent's player stats.

Fixed Issues

Rank comparison: The game filter properly handles ranks, so you can e.g. limit problems to 5 kyu to 10 kyu.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.0.5 (2006-03-22)

New Features

Russian: Thanks to Dmitri Ustinov for translating SmartGo to Russian!
Filter library games: When you filter games on the Library tab (e.g. limiting them to a specific player), the statistics for joseki matching are also limited to the filtered games.
Observed games marked: Observed games are now marked, and the right-click menu can be used to unobserve games. Switching between observed games always goes to the end of the game.
Delete finished games: Finished IGS games can be deleted using the right-click menu.
Duplicate games: SmartGo now recognizes duplicate games that are rotated or mirrored.
Resignation statistics: Did you know that over 60% of Kato Masao's wins were resignations? But only 27% of Takagawa Kaku's wins? You can add that column to the player list.
Joseki shortcut: Ctrl-J now shows joseki without bringing up the toolbar.

Fixed Issues

Stone drawing: The shaded stones issue has been fixed, as has a BitBlt issue after locking the screen.
Mouse wheel direction: In response to user feedback, the direction of the mouse wheel has been reversed. Please contact us if it now feels wrong to you, and we may add an option setting for it.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.0.4 (2006-03-03)

New Features

IGS: The addtime command is supported (click on time left to add time), and friends are highlighted clearly.

Fixed Issues

IGS fixes: Players with ? in their rating were not listed properly. The 'Playing' and 'Observing' columns were not working.
Double-click SGF: When double-clicking an SGF file, it started a separate instance of SmartGo instead of re-using the currently running instance.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.0.3 (2006-02-28)

New Features

Automatic check for updates: SmartGo can now alert you when a new version is available.
Maximize Board: Choose View > Maximize Board to show the board as large as possible.
IGS: Support for new rating system. Command line support for stats and load.

Fixed Issues

IGS fixes: Fix freeze when logging in with wrong password, fix crash after File > Close.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.0.2 (2006-02-02)

Fixed Issues

Comment cleanup: Letter in comment didn't always match letter on board.
Export diagrams: Comments below diagrams were not exported properly.
Matching tab: Editing game in matching tab cleared the list of games. Board not rotated right when choosing Play One Move.
Filter games: Choosing New Game or File Open while the game filter was turned on could keep the game from being shown.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.0.1 (2006-01-27)

New Features

Show start or end of games: Added option in Tools > Options > General to choose whether you want to see the start or the end of a game when opening a game or switching to a different game.

Fixed Issues

Saving games on exit: Changed games in other tabs were not saved on exit.
IGS connection issue: Some users were not able to connect to IGS.
Various bug fixes: Several changes to improve stability and fix minor issues.

Version 2.0 (2006-01-24)

The first multi-lingual version of SmartGo is released in English, Japanese, and Korean simultaneously, with countless improvements:

IGS support: Click on the IGS tab and connect to observe and play games on IGS.
Problem collection: Over 2000 problems at all levels, from 30 kyu to 6 dan.
Better organized UI: The tabs organize your activities as well as your games. Add your own tabs for your own collections of games.
Better looking UI: Colored tabs, antialiased icons, and (finally) better-looking stones.
List of players: Check out statistics for each player in the Library tab.

And lots of other changes such as filtering games, reading games in UGF format, user-definable tags in game info, automatic portrait layout, comment cleanup, and support for different Go rules.

Changes in previous versions.