https://github.com/yishn/katajigo

Play against a KataGo that strives for a Jigo instead of opponent destruction.
https://github.com/yishn/katajigo

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Play against a KataGo that strives for a Jigo instead of opponent destruction.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/yishn/katajigo
• Owner: yishn
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-02-29T14:10:31.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-10T20:21:02.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-02-26T13:36:17.091Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Topics: ai, baduk, board-game, engine, go, katago, weiqi
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 669 KB
• Stars: 14
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 5
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# KataJigo

Play against a KataGo that strives for a Jigo instead of opponent destruction.

Playing against [KataGo](https://github.com/lightvector/KataGo) can be

particularly frustrating. Even before midgame starts, KataGo may have

accumulated an overwhelming lead in points in the best case, or the game could

have turned into a merciless, bloody slaughter of your groups in the worst case,

leading to your inevitable demise, leaving you sad and empty inside.

KataJigo is an experiment. It will let KataGo always aim for a half point win,

or a draw if playing with an integer komi, slipping into the role of a capable

teacher who's looking down from far above, playing a teaching game (in theory,

at least).



Jigo game of GnuGo (B) against KataJigo (W) with 7 point komi

## Installation

1. Download both [KataGo](https://github.com/lightvector/KataGo) and

   [KataJigo](https://github.com/yishn/KataJigo/releases/latest).

2. Install and set up KataGo according to the instructions.

3. In the same folder as KataGo, drop in the executable of KataJigo.

4. Now, you can use `katajigo` as a drop-in replacement of `katago`.

If you already set up KataGo in Sabaki, all you need to do is replace the path

to KataGo with the path to KataJigo in the same directory.

## How does this work?

Using the analysis feature of KataGo, we'll consider all the moves with

non-negative `scoreLead` and a `winrate` that is better than 50%. Out of those

moves we'll pick the move with the lowest `scoreLead` and the highest `winrate`.

## Building

Make sure you have Node.js installed. First, clone the repository and install

all dependencies with npm:

```

$ git clone https://github.com/yishn/KataJigo

$ cd KataJigo

$ npm install

```

Run the following command to create an executable in the `./bin` directory:

```

$ npm run build

```