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Welcome to the GNU Backgammon web site. This site will help you
download and install GNU Backgammon, and give you tips on how to use
GNU Backgammon to improve your game. GNU Backgammon is a world class
backgammon application, and it works on many operating systems. It can
play, analyse and teach backgammon. Its evaluation engine is based on
artificial neural networks. Read more in the about
section.
GNU Backgammon is free software and released under the
GNU General Public License (GPL).
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GNU Backgammon 1.06.001 (December 16th, 2017) Released for MS Windows
MS Windows:
- Download setup program [1.06.001] for MS Windows XP SP3, Vista, Win7, Win8 or later operating system with approximately 128MB of available RAM.
For source code and more information please see this
link.
GNU Backgammon 1.05.000 (July 25th, 2015) Released for MS Windows
MS Windows:
- Download setup program [1.05.000] for MS Windows XP SP3, Vista, Win7, Win8 or later operating system with approximately 128MB of available RAM.
For source code and more information please see this
link.
GNU Backgammon 1.04.000 (Oct 21st, 2014) Released for MS Windows and OS/X Yosemite
MS Windows:
- Download setup program [1.04.000] for MS Windows 2000SP4 or later operating system with approximately 128MB of available RAM.
Apple Mac OS/X 10.5.x and later require the latest version of X11/Xquartz to already be installed to run properly. XQuartz can be downloaded from here. Please see the README1ST file inside the DMG for more installation information.
- 10.10.x (Yosemite) Intel 64 Bit DMG can be downloaded here. [1.04.000]
For source code, other OS/X downloads, and more information please see this
link.
GNU Backgammon 1.03.000 (Aug 4th, 2014) Released
MS Windows:
- Download setup program for MS Windows 2000SP4 or later operating system with approximately 128MB of available RAM.
Apple Mac OS/X 10.5.x (and later) require the latest version of X11/Xquartz to already be installed to run properly. XQuartz can be downloaded from here. Please see the README1ST file inside the DMG for more installation information.
- 10.9.x (Mavericks), 10.8.x (Mountain Lion), 10.7.x (Lion) Intel 64Bit, 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) Intel 64Bit DMG can be downloaded here.
- 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) Intel 32Bit, 10.5.x (Leopard) Intel 32Bit DMG can be downloaded here.
- 10.5.x (Leopard) PPC, 10.4.x (Tiger) PPC DMG can be downloaded here
For source code and other download information please see this
link.
GNU Backgammon wins the 2006 Computer Olympics !!
Hi all,
I'm back from Torino where GnuBG has just won the 2006 Computer Olympics Backgammon "tournament", defeating its only opponent, BGBlitz by Frank Berger. Final score is 3-1 (best of 5 matches, 15pts each), with individual scores of 3-15, 16-12, 15-8 and 17-13.
Analysed matches (supremo, g11 met) can be downloaded
here (359Kb).
For the records, BGBlitz is truly strong: it has been rated by gnubg analysis in the 4 matches as 1997.4, 2004.5 2035.1 and 2025.4 (FIBS rating) and in the first two matches, Frank used by mistake the "old" engine (winning one of them anyway).
Getting a Copy of the CVS Repository
This article show you how to get the source code fresh from the CVS repository.
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Downloading and installing GNU Backgammon on MS-Windows
Downloading and installing GNU Backgammon on a computer with Microsoft Windows is fearly easy. This article will show you how to do this.
Update July 2006: This atricle of this install is a bit outdated. You should rather use Max Maini install files, found here.
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Screenshots
Take a look at some of these screenshots!
Windows Screenshot with 3d board
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About GNU Backgammon
GNU Backgammon (gnubg) is for playing and analysing backgammon positions, games and matches. It's based on a neural network. In the past twelve months it has made enormous progress. It currently plays at about the level of a championship flight tournament player. Depending on its parameters and its luck in recent games, it rates from around 1900 to 2000 on
FIBS, the First Internet Backgammon Server -- at its strongest, it ranks in the top 5 of over 6000 rated players there) and is gradually improving; it should be somewhat stronger than this when released. Since almost all of the CPU time required during supervised training is spent performing rollouts, and rollouts can easily be performed in parallel, it is hoped that users will be able to pool rollout results and collectively train it to a level stronger than any individual could obtain.
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The GNU Backgammon mailing list
You can post suggestions, bug reports, and questions to the GNU Backgammon mailing list. The address is:
bug-gnubg@gnu.org.
You must subscribe to the mailing list before you can post. The mailing list is also archived, and you can browse the archive here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnubg/.
You should also subscribe to the mailing list at this site:
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg.
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