Sensei's Library

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Sensei's Library is an internet website and wiki, dedicated to articles about, and discussion of, the game of Go. It is one of the largest and most active wikis outside of the Wikipedia project on the internet.[1] The creators of the website in October 2000, were the Go players Morten G. Pahle and Arno Hollosi.[2][3] Arno Hollosi is notable for designing version 4 of Anders Kierulf's popular SGF file format and for his work with the Austrian Citizen Card project.[4][5] The website is highly regarded in the Go community. [6] Among its contributors are some published Go authors, such as Charles Matthews and John Fairbairn.[7][8]

The website is used for a number of purposes, and contains

  • Over 16000 articles.[9]
  • Articles on the history of Go.
  • Discussion of opening fuseki.
  • Discussion of basic and advanced joseki.
  • Discussion of tsumego problems.
  • Guides to high level and low level strategy.
  • Beginner manuals.
  • Articles on Rules and Rule arcana.
  • Go Community information, such as tournament results and Go server FAQs.[10]
  • For playing Go and Go variants.[11]
  • Help for those seeking advice on Go positions.[12]

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Go Wiki Homepage. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
  2. ^ European Go Database Player Directory. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
  3. ^ See PhpWiki for more details of Arno Hollosi's work.
  4. ^ SGF File Format FF(4) Page. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
  5. ^ Arno Hollosi, "Austria's Citizen Card and Beyond," Int. Conf. on Electronic Identity and Interoperability, 16th April 2004, Rome, Italy. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
  6. ^ http://www.usgo.org/EJournal/archive/20051223.htm It was reviewed as A collaborative resource written by contributors, Sensei's Library may be the most extensive go resource on the web. Articles cover a variety of topics, including possibly the best discussion of endgame theory published anywhere
  7. ^ MSO article on John Fairbairn. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
  8. ^ Charles Matthews Player Page. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
  9. ^ Statistics on home page, as of 2008-03-01.
  10. ^ http://senseis.xmp.net/?CGoban3 KGS go server reference document.
  11. ^ http://www.britgo.org/history/servers.html BGA review mentions Senseis Library as a Go server.
  12. ^ http://senseis.xmp.net/?BQM The Big Question Mark series is one such area.

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