Smart Go Inc.

Software for the game of Go. Go is a 4000-year-old board game that originated in China.

It’s played on a 19x19 board, and the two players take turns placing stones in an effort to surround territory. The game is often known as igo in Japan, as wei ch'i in China, and as baduk in Korea.

07/16/2026

The GoGoD game collection in SmartGo One has been updated:

138,161 → 139,235

Find new games by your favorite players to study before the Go Congress.

07/09/2026

Not much has been happening with the Windows version of SmartGo for the last 6 years. Still nothing happening, sorry. Time to make it free.

https://smartgo.com/windows.html

07/08/2026

With the addition of “Volume 4: Ghosts in the Machine”, the “AlphaGo to Zero” series by Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock is now complete. Michael Redmond discusses the twenty AlphaGo Zero self-play games, explaining how AlphaGo Zero’s style differs from both human play and earlier AlphaGo versions while revealing the strategic ideas that continue to shape modern Go.

https://gobooks.com/books-by-series.html -go-to-zero

Available in the SmartGo One app and as EPUB.

06/19/2026

The static versions of go book EPUBs now use JPEG images for greater compatibility. Read about the change in the newest Go Books Newsletter (and sign up for the very infrequent emails while you're there):

https://newsletter.gobooks.com/archive/book-news-44/

While I would not recommend it, you can now read Invincible on the tiny Xteink 3.

Also, significantly improved layout of go books in SmartGo One.

05/21/2026

SmartGo One gets a major redesign for version 3:

https://smartgo.blog/2026/05/21/smartgo-one-three/

The game view has been redesigned from scratch – the blog post shows before/after screenshots and explains the main changes.

05/13/2026

GoGoD pro games collection in SmartGo One updated to 138,161 games, adding more than a thousand games. Enjoy!

https://smartgo.com

Version 3.0 of SmartGo One is close: May 21 release if things go well.

02/23/2026

Another thousand games added to the pro games collection in SmartGo One, for a total of 137,155 games.

01/25/2026

SmartGo One 2.8 drastically improves Hint: it now highlights bad moves, and lets you see the principal variation expected for each move (just tap to select the move bubble).

Joseki analysis now also shows a scrollable list of choices, not just top 3, a bug with sharing SGF files to SmartGo has been fixed, and more.

12/19/2025

Upgrade your tactics at half price: “Cross-Cut Workshop” and “Key Concepts in Life and Death: Inside Moves and Under the Stones Techniques” by Richard Hunter are on sale until December 27, a steal at just $2.99 each. Learn how to handle the dreaded cross-cut, and start recognizing killable shapes and under-the-stones situations.

https://gobooks.com/

The discounted price is available both when buying directly on the web as well as when buying in-app in SmartGo One or Go Books.

12/10/2025

GoGoD pro games collection in SmartGo One has been updated to 136,011 games, adding more than 1,500 games. Enjoy!

https://smartgo.com

And here’s one of the alternate app icons to remind you that coupon ALPHAGO still gives you 10% off on books bought directly at gobooks.com.

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