Go365: A Tsumego Every Day
One tsumego a day, from 1 move to 7 moves. 4,000 Go life-and-death problems that you play out on the board, with White replying automatically.
What is Go365?
Tsumego is the life-and-death problem of Go, the game also known as baduk or weiqi. A group of stones is in danger, and you have to find the move that kills it or the move that saves it. Go players train their reading this way, usually with a small book and the answer printed on the next page.
Go365 puts 4,000 of these problems on your phone, 1,000 each at 1, 3, 5 and 7 moves. You always play Black and move first. Instead of reading the answer, you play it. You can put a stone anywhere, right or wrong, and White replies automatically, so a wrong idea fails on the board the way it would in a real game.
It works like Shogi365, our tsume shogi app: one problem a day, a streak to keep, and a few minutes that fit on a train or before bed.
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What's Inside
4,000 Problems in Four Lengths
Easy is 1 move, Medium 3 moves, Hard 5 moves, Expert 7 moves, counting the moves of both sides.
- Exactly one correct first move
- Black succeeds against every White answer
- Corner shapes on the 19x19 board, with only the part that matters shown
Kill or Live
There are two kinds of problem, and the goal is shown above the board, so you always know what you are trying to do.
- Black to play and kill: capture the white group
- Black to play and live: give the black group two eyes
Play It Out, Don't Peek
The board keeps the rules of Go and plays White for you, so your reading is tested the way it is in a game.
- Place a stone on any legal point, right or wrong
- White replies automatically. If your move does not work, White shows you why
- A line that White refutes fails. Try again from the start, up to three times
- Suicide and retaking a ko at once are refused. Winning a ko does not count as the answer
- After solving, Review lets you step through the line one move at a time from the starting position
The Daily Challenge
Everyone in the world gets the same problem each day, at 1, 3 or 5 moves. Solve it to grow your streak, and the home screen shows your last seven days.
- Reminders: pick the days of the week and a time
Hints That Leave the Move to You
Stuck? A hint makes the point to play blink. You still place the stone yourself. You start with ten hints and earn another each time you solve the daily challenge.
Small Things That Matter
The details you would want for a few quiet minutes with a board.
- Stats per difficulty: solved count, best time, average time
- Optional tap twice to play, so a slip of the finger never costs a problem
- Optional board coordinates
- Light and dark themes
- An interrupted problem resumes where you left it
- Works offline, with no account and no ranking. Your progress stays on your device
Free on this site
Free and Remove Ads
Free
- โAll 4,000 problems at every difficulty
- โThe daily challenge and streaks
- โHints, stats and every setting
- โAds, with an optional ad to earn a hint or refill retries
Remove Ads
- โEverything in Free
- โNo banner or interstitial ads
- โA one-time purchase, no subscription
Remove Ads is 1,500 yen on the Japanese App Store. Prices in other regions are shown on the in-app store screen. Ads you choose to watch for a hint or to refill retries are still offered after you remove ads.
One Problem Today
Start with a 1-move problem and see how far up the ladder you get. Go365 is on the App Store and Google Play.
