<s>
Pandanet	B-Application
(	O
originally	O
and	O
sometimes	O
called	O
IGS	O
,	O
short	O
for	O
Internet	B-Application
Go	I-Application
Server	I-Application
)	O
,	O
located	O
in	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
server	B-Application
that	O
allows	O
players	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
of	O
Go	O
to	O
observe	O
and	O
play	O
against	O
others	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Started	O
February	O
2	O
,	O
1992	O
,	O
by	O
Tim	O
Casey	O
,	O
Chris	O
Chisolm	O
,	O
and	O
Mark	O
Okada	O
,	O
working	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
New	O
Mexico	O
,	O
and	O
until	O
April	O
5	O
,	O
1993	O
,	O
continued	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
,	O
Berkeley	O
,	O
and	O
UC	O
San	O
Francisco	O
(	O
with	O
an	O
additional	O
server	B-Application
at	O
The	O
Pasteur	O
Institute	O
,	O
France	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
server	B-Application
of	O
its	O
kind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
initial	O
inception	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
members	O
helped	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
server	B-Application
by	O
writing	O
software	O
with	O
a	O
graphical	O
interface	O
;	O
and	O
thus	O
IGS	O
was	O
born	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pandanet	B-Application
hosts	O
up	O
to	O
3,000	O
players	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
PC	O
client	O
's	O
name	O
is	O
GoPanda	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
server	B-Application
was	O
located	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
New	O
Mexico	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
the	O
Japanese	O
company	O
NKB	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
partner	O
of	O
nuri.net,	O
acquired	O
IGS	O
,	O
and	O
created	O
the	O
division	O
"	O
Pandanet	B-Application
"	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
managed	O
IGS	O
since	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
translation	O
command	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
server	B-Application
in	O
December	O
1992	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
better	O
communicate	O
with	O
one	O
another	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
translate	O
the	O
long	O
list	O
of	O
commands	O
required	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
being	O
a	O
Go	O
server	B-Application
,	O
Pandanet	B-Application
also	O
hosts	O
several	O
art	O
galleries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pandanet	B-Application
broadcasts	O
live	O
championship	O
matches	O
for	O
top	O
professional	O
events	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Meijin	O
,	O
Honinbo	O
,	O
and	O
Judan	O
titles	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Ricoh	O
Cup	O
professional	O
Pairs	O
tournament	O
.	O
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