INTRODUCTION
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GNU-Go is one of the best ascii command line go
game running on Windows, Unix, Linux and Mac OS X.
(see http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/gnugo.html)

Dingux-Go is a port on Dingoo/Dingux of the 
version 3.6 of GNU-Go.

Skins were designed by NinJato, big thanks to him.

This package is under GPL Copyright, read COPYING
file for more information about it.


CONTROL
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- Virtual keyboard

In the chess menu, press Start to open/close the
On-Screen Keyboard of "Danzel" and "Jeff Chen"

Use Analog stick to choose one of the 9 squares,
and use A, B, X, Y to choose one of the 4 letters
of the highlighted square.

You can use this keyboard to specify game filename.


- Game Control

In the game window you have the following mapping:

A  Valid 
B  Pass

X  Undo/Back move
Y  Next move
 
L-Trigger   First move
R-Trigger   Last move
 
Cursor      Move on the board
Select      Status
Menu        Dingux-Go menu


How to play Go ? 
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This manual has been written by Hiroki Mori (see
http://playgo.to/interactive/)

Before you begin, please remember just 3 rules
below.

* Two players (black and white) take turns, placing 
  one stone on the board at a time.
* A stone must be placed on the intersection of the 
  vertical and horizontal lines.
* Once a stone is placed, you can't move it, although
  under some conditions it may be removed.

  They are just too easy, aren't they?
  Now, you understand half the rules of Go! 

The goal of Go 
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The objective of Go is to make your "territory"
larger than that of your opponent.  At first, you
may be confused about where to place your stones
because you can play almost anywhere on the board.

One way to make territory is to "capture"
opponent's stones.

Stones that are surrounded are removed from the
board and are handed to the opponent as prisoners.
Each prisoner will be worth one point.

With one more move, the white stone will be
completely surrounded and will be removed.

Stones that can be removed with one more move are
said to be in "Atari". 

-|-|-|-   With one more move, the white 
-|-B-|-   stone will be completely surrounded
-B-W-B-   and will be removed.
-|-|-|-   Stones that can be removed with one 
          more move are said to be in "Atari"

-|-|-|-   The white stone is now surrounded. 
-|-B-|-   Therefore ...
-B-W-B-
-|-B-|-

-|-|-|-   ... it is removed from the board.
-|-B-|-
-B-|-B-
-|-B-|-

-|-|-|-   If it were white's turn, it could 
-|-B-|-   "escape" by connecting another stone.
-B-W-B-
-|-W-|-

You can play almost anywhere on the board.  However,
there are some places where the rules say can't play.

-|-|-|-  Black can't make a move at X.(White can.)
-|-W-|-  Because, if black played there, that
-W-X-W-  stone would be already surrounded.
-|-W-|-  Such suicide behavior is forbidden. 

-|-|-|-|-|-|- However, black can play on Y.
-|-|-W-B-|-|-
-|-W-Y-W-B-|-
-|-B-W-B-|-|-
-|-|-B-|-|-|-

-|-|-|-|-|-|- With a black stone on Y, the two 
-|-|-W-B-|-|- white stones nearby will be surrounded
-|-W-B-|-B-|- and be removed.(See figure below.)
-|-B-|-B-|-|-
-|-|-B-|-|-|-

Now, I will describe the additional rule called Ko 
- which means eternity in Japanese.

This is the last rule to remember.  The concept of
Ko is a little more difficult than the rules
described so far.

One white stone is in Atari. Get it!  You got it?
Then watch the board carefully.

-|-|-|-|-  
-|-B-W-|-  
-B-W-|-W-  
-|-B-W-|-  

You will see a black stone that you have just put is
in Atari!  It would seem that white could capture
this...

What will happen if white does it?  It will result in
the same board position of two moves earlier.

-|-|-|-|-  
-|-B-W-|-  
-B-|-B-W-  
-|-B-W-|-  

Thus, both black and white keep capturing one stone
forever!

Therefore, the moves which produce the same board
position are prohibited. This concept is called
Ko (eternity).

-|-|-|-|-  Prohibited !
-|-B-W-|-  
-B-W-|-W-  
-|-B-W-|-  

I hope that you can now appreciate that Go is
really an interesting and an exciting game. Now,
what do you have to do to keep playing Go and get
stronger ?

   Hiroki Mori


Thanks Hiroki Mori for this tutorial, we can all
enjoy Go Now !

       Zx
