Tsumego Pro (Go problems‪)‬ 4+

Name: Tsumego Pro (Go problems)
Rating: 4.5 (168 reviews)
Author: Emmanuel Mathis

Emmanuel Mathis

Designed for iPad

- 4.5 • 168 Ratings

- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Improve your Go game (weiqi, baduk) with Tsumego Pro and its large collection of tsumego problems!
Each problem contains all valid answers and a lot of bad variations, to help you know why you are wrong.

Features:

- 6 daily problems
- A simple mode: try to solve all problems in each package
- A progress mode: the difficulty increases or decreases depending on your level
- Choose your color (black, white, random)
- Browse the solution, or just get a hint
- A book theme (black and white)

20 Jul 2024

Version 3.07

Multiple bugfixes

4.5 out of 5

168 Ratings

Great app for players with some experience

If you’ve played a bit of Go and you’re willing to do a bit of hard work, this is a great app to have. The combination of 6 problems every day - 2 easy, 2 moderate and 2 hard - plus a sequence of 150 progressively harder problems to practise on, is really useful and fun. The only warning I’d give is already reflected in other reviews: this app is NOT for the beginner; none of the basics are explained. And it’s not just the basics: when you make a move, you might get told “Wrong” - but you often won’t get shown why - or “Solved” - ditto - or the app might respond to your move with a move of its own, then you play again, it plays - and three or four moves in, you find that every move you try to play is “Wrong” - so you’ve gone down a blind alley, but it doesn’t warn you in advance. I like that, but not everyone will. Lastly, it’s great that after you’ve been told “Wrong” or “Solved”, you can carry on making Black and White moves to explore different options and possible outcomes - but sometimes the total lack of explanation can leave me feeling a bit puzzled.

Good app, but you need some knowledge

This seems to be an excellent app with lots of puzzles (paid version), but it is not so good for the total novice. I didn’t expect the app to teach me the game, but I think it would be helpful if the Beginners puzzles indicated what you were expected to do, eg ‘Capture two white stones’, ‘Make two eyes’, ‘Save three black stones from capture’, etc. (I’m assuming Beginners problems have one principal goal.) But perhaps this suggestion only demonstrates my minimal understanding of the game!

Great if for intermediate players

If you already know the rules/concepts, here are some good quick workouts when you have a spare moment. I like that you can play on at the end of the programmed sequence but I would love the option to take over earlier (ie interrupt the automatic computer play). Sometimes it’s hard to see why the computer insists on a particular line of play - and it would be useful to explore an alternative - if only to work out what’s wrong with it.

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