diff --git a/src/apps/go/__tests__/terms.test.ts b/src/apps/go/__tests__/terms.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..877fed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apps/go/__tests__/terms.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { nameOf } from '../terms'
+
+describe('nameOf', () => {
+  // A bot's id ("gnugo@4") names its engine and level, as the hub mints
+  // it (games_hub go_bots.h); a player's id is their name.
+  it('names a bot by its engine and level, and a player by their id', () => {
+    expect(nameOf('gnugo@4')).toBe('GNU Go 4')
+    expect(nameOf('gnugo@10')).toBe('GNU Go 10')
+    expect(nameOf('alice')).toBe('alice')
+    expect(nameOf('gnugo@x')).toBe('gnugo@x')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/apps/go/components/GoTable.tsx b/src/apps/go/components/GoTable.tsx
index 4a2411a..1d44960 100644
--- a/src/apps/go/components/GoTable.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/go/components/GoTable.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import AboutGame from '@/apps/lobby/components/AboutGame'
 import { formatClock } from '@/apps/chess/rules'
 import type { GoBoardSize, GoColor, GoResult, GoView } from '../wire'
 import { unlockGoSounds } from '../sounds'
-import { CLOCKS, SIZES, clockLine } from '../terms'
+import { BOT_LEVELS, CLOCKS, SIZES, clockLine, nameOf as seatName } from '../terms'
 import { useGoSounds } from '../useGoSounds'
 import styles from './GoTable.module.css'
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ const colorName = (color: GoColor) => (color === 'black' ? 'Black' : 'White')
 
 function describeResult(result: GoResult, playerId: string): string {
   const scores = result.score === undefined ? '' : ` Black ${result.score.black}, White ${result.score.white}.`
-  const winner = result.winner === undefined ? 'Nobody' : result.winner === playerId ? 'You' : result.winner
+  const winner = result.winner === undefined ? 'Nobody' : result.winner === playerId ? 'You' : seatName(result.winner)
   const color = result.winnerColor === undefined ? '' : ` (${colorName(result.winnerColor)})`
   const how = { score: 'on points', resignation: 'by resignation', timeout: 'on time', abandoned: 'by abandonment' }[result.ending]
   return `${winner}${color} won ${how}.${scores}`
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ const GoTable = ({ playerId, connected, view, table }: GoTableProps) => {
       : view.terms === undefined
         ? Object.keys(CLOCKS)[0]
         : clockLine(view.terms.initialSeconds, view.terms.incrementSeconds)
+  const [botLevel, setBotLevel] = useState(BOT_LEVELS[1].level)
   // Held for one view: any move answered puts the question away.
   const [confirmResign, setConfirmResign] = useState<GoView | null>(null)
   // Held for one phase: the game ending or starting puts them away.
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ const GoTable = ({ playerId, connected, view, table }: GoTableProps) => {
   const accepted = view.scoring?.acceptedBy.includes(playerId) ?? false
   const nameOf = (color: GoColor) => {
     const seat = view.players.find(player => player.color === color)
-    return seat === undefined ? colorName(color) : seat.playerId === playerId ? `${seat.playerId} (you)` : seat.playerId
+    return seat === undefined ? colorName(color) : seat.playerId === playerId ? `${seat.playerId} (you)` : seatName(seat.playerId)
   }
 
   const status = (() => {
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ const GoTable = ({ playerId, connected, view, table }: GoTableProps) => {
     if (view.phase === 'closed') return watching ? 'The table closed.' : 'Your opponent left the table.'
     if (scoring) {
       const count = view.scoring === undefined ? '' : ` Black ${view.scoring.score.black}, White ${view.scoring.score.white}.`
-      const accepts = (view.scoring?.acceptedBy ?? []).map(id => (id === playerId ? ' You accept.' : ` ${id} accepts.`)).join('')
+      const accepts = (view.scoring?.acceptedBy ?? []).map(id => (id === playerId ? ' You accept.' : ` ${seatName(id)} accepts.`)).join('')
       if (watching) return `Scoring: the players mark dead stones.${count}${accepts}`
       return `Mark the dead stones, then accept${myTurn ? ', or play on' : ''}.${count}${accepts}`
     }
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@ const GoTable = ({ playerId, connected, view, table }: GoTableProps) => {
           : last.x !== undefined && last.y !== undefined
             ? `${colorName(last.color)} played ${pointName(last.x, last.y, boardSize)}. `
             : ''
-    return myTurn ? `${said}Your move.` : `${said}${view.currentPlayerId ?? ''} to move.`
+    return myTurn ? `${said}Your move.` : `${said}${seatName(view.currentPlayerId ?? '')} to move.`
   })()
 
   const sizePicker = (label: string) => (
@@ -399,9 +400,24 @@ const GoTable = ({ playerId, connected, view, table }: GoTableProps) => {
           <AboutGame game="go" className={felt.hint} />
           <ul>
             {view.players.map(player => (
-              <li key={player.playerId}>{player.playerId === playerId ? `${player.playerId} (you)` : player.playerId}</li>
+              <li key={player.playerId}>{player.playerId === playerId ? `${player.playerId} (you)` : seatName(player.playerId)}</li>
             ))}
           </ul>
+          {/* Alone at the table, a bot can take the other chair. */}
+          {!watching && !pairing && alone && (
+            <div className={styles.actions}>
+              <select aria-label="Bot strength" value={botLevel} onChange={event => setBotLevel(Number(event.target.value))}>
+                {BOT_LEVELS.map(({ level, name }) => (
+                  <option key={level} value={level}>
+                    {name} (level {level})
+                  </option>
+                ))}
+              </select>
+              <button type="button" className={felt.secondary} onClick={() => table.addBot(botLevel)} disabled={!connected || table.seating}>
+                Add a bot
+              </button>
+            </div>
+          )}
           {!watching && !pairing && (
             <div className={styles.actions}>
               {sizePicker('Board size')}
diff --git a/src/apps/go/components/__tests__/GoTable.test.tsx b/src/apps/go/components/__tests__/GoTable.test.tsx
index 498d050..d337f4e 100644
--- a/src/apps/go/components/__tests__/GoTable.test.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/go/components/__tests__/GoTable.test.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ const view = (over: Partial<GoView> = {}): GoView => ({
 const table = (over: Partial<GoTableProps['table']> = {}): GoTableProps['table'] => ({
   opening: false,
   sent: false,
+  seating: false,
+  addBot: vi.fn(),
   startTable: vi.fn(),
   postChallenge: vi.fn(),
   leaveTable: vi.fn(),
@@ -53,6 +55,9 @@ const scoring = (over: Partial<GoView> = {}) =>
     ...over
   })
 
+const alone = (over: Partial<GoView> = {}) =>
+  view({ phase: 'waiting', players: [{ playerId: 'alice' }], size: undefined, board: undefined, ...over })
+
 const mount = (props: Partial<GoTableProps> = {}) => {
   const held = props.table ?? table()
   render(<GoTable playerId="alice" connected view={view()} {...props} table={held} />)
@@ -460,4 +465,60 @@ describe('GoTable', () => {
     fireEvent.pointerDown(screen.getByTestId('go-status'))
     expect(unlockGoSounds).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
   })
+
+  // Alone at a table, a bot can take the other chair, at a level GNU Go has.
+  it('a lone seat adds a bot at the level picked', () => {
+    const held = mount({ view: alone() })
+    const levels = screen.getByRole('combobox', { name: 'Bot strength' })
+    expect(within(levels).getAllByRole('option').map(option => option.textContent)).toEqual([
+      'Beginner (level 1)',
+      'Casual (level 4)',
+      'Club (level 7)',
+      'Strongest (level 10)'
+    ])
+    fireEvent.change(levels, { target: { value: '7' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add a bot' }))
+    expect(held.addBot).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7)
+  })
+
+  it('a bot is added only to a lone seat’s own ordinary table, once at a time', () => {
+    mount({ view: alone({ players: [{ playerId: 'alice' }, { playerId: 'bob' }] }) })
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Add a bot' })).toBeNull()
+    cleanup()
+    mount({ view: alone({ roundRobinId: 'E1' }) })
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Add a bot' })).toBeNull()
+    cleanup()
+    mount({ view: alone({ players: [{ playerId: 'bob' }] }) })
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Add a bot' })).toBeNull()
+    cleanup()
+    mount({ view: alone(), table: table({ seating: true }) })
+    expect((screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add a bot' }) as HTMLButtonElement).disabled).toBe(true)
+    cleanup()
+    mount({ view: alone(), connected: false })
+    expect((screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add a bot' }) as HTMLButtonElement).disabled).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('a bot is named by its engine and level wherever a seat is named', () => {
+    mount({ view: alone({ players: [{ playerId: 'alice' }, { playerId: 'gnugo@4', bot: true }] }) })
+    expect(screen.getByText('GNU Go 4')).toBeTruthy()
+    cleanup()
+    const players = [
+      { playerId: 'alice', color: 'black' as const },
+      { playerId: 'gnugo@4', color: 'white' as const, bot: true }
+    ]
+    mount({ view: view({ players, currentPlayerId: 'gnugo@4', sideToMove: 'white', lastMove: undefined }) })
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('go-status').textContent).toBe('GNU Go 4 to move.')
+    cleanup()
+    mount({ view: scoring({ players, scoring: { acceptedBy: ['gnugo@4'], score: { black: 81, white: 6.5 } } }) })
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('go-status').textContent).toContain(' GNU Go 4 accepts.')
+    cleanup()
+    mount({
+      view: view({
+        phase: 'ended',
+        players: [{ playerId: 'alice', color: 'black' }, { playerId: 'gnugo@4', color: 'white', bot: true }],
+        result: { ending: 'resignation', winner: 'gnugo@4', winnerColor: 'white' }
+      })
+    })
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('go-status').textContent).toBe('GNU Go 4 (White) won by resignation.')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/apps/go/terms.ts b/src/apps/go/terms.ts
index 9c53b35..8eaac99 100644
--- a/src/apps/go/terms.ts
+++ b/src/apps/go/terms.ts
@@ -14,3 +14,19 @@ export const clockLine = (initialSeconds: number, incrementSeconds: number) =>
   `${initialSeconds % 60 === 0 ? initialSeconds / 60 : `${initialSeconds}s`}+${incrementSeconds}`
 
 export const termsLine = (terms: GoTerms) => `${terms.size}×${terms.size} · komi ${terms.komi} · ${clockLine(terms.initialSeconds, terms.incrementSeconds)}`
+
+// A bot's levels, GNU Go's own (1 to 10).
+export const BOT_LEVELS: Array<{ level: number; name: string }> = [
+  { level: 1, name: 'Beginner' },
+  { level: 4, name: 'Casual' },
+  { level: 7, name: 'Club' },
+  { level: 10, name: 'Strongest' }
+]
+
+// A seat as people read it: a player's id is their name; a bot's
+// ("gnugo@4") its engine and level. The id's shape is the hub's bot-naming
+// contract (games_hub go_bots.h).
+export function nameOf(playerId: string): string {
+  const bot = /^gnugo@(\d+)$/.exec(playerId)
+  return bot === null ? playerId : `GNU Go ${bot[1]}`
+}
diff --git a/src/apps/go/wire.ts b/src/apps/go/wire.ts
index 4c88fd1..50a1a34 100644
--- a/src/apps/go/wire.ts
+++ b/src/apps/go/wire.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export interface GoPlayer {
   playerId: string
   // Absent while waiting.
   color?: GoColor
+  // A bot's seat (GNU Go), its id naming the engine and level ("gnugo@4").
+  bot?: boolean
 }
 
 // Each side's time left as of the moment the hub built the view; the
@@ -153,6 +155,8 @@ export interface GoMovePayloads {
   forfeit: { roundRobinId: string; winner: string; loser: string }
   roundRobins: undefined
   playRoundRobin: { roundRobinId: string; opponent: string }
+  // GNU Go to a lone seat's table not yet started, at a level 1 to 10.
+  addBot: { level: number }
 }
 
 export type GoMoveName = keyof GoMovePayloads
diff --git a/src/hooks/__tests__/useGoTable.test.tsx b/src/hooks/__tests__/useGoTable.test.tsx
index 2219fd5..4727dca 100644
--- a/src/hooks/__tests__/useGoTable.test.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/__tests__/useGoTable.test.tsx
@@ -181,4 +181,18 @@ describe('useGoTable', () => {
     expect(hook.result.current.view).not.toBeNull()
     expect(onLeft).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
+
+  // A bot seated is held as a seat taken: the next view, or a refusal,
+  // lets it go.
+  it('adds a bot at its level, held until the hub answers', () => {
+    const { hook, move } = setup()
+    act(() => hook.result.current.addBot(4))
+    expect(move).toHaveBeenCalledWith('addBot', { level: 4 })
+    expect(hook.result.current.seating).toBe(true)
+    act(() => hook.result.current.handleUpdate({ gameState: { view: view({ phase: 'waiting' }) } }))
+    expect(hook.result.current.seating).toBe(false)
+    act(() => hook.result.current.addBot(4))
+    act(() => hook.result.current.handleRejected())
+    expect(hook.result.current.seating).toBe(false)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/hooks/useGoTable.ts b/src/hooks/useGoTable.ts
index 967b4ea..4736b23 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useGoTable.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useGoTable.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ export interface GoTableActions {
   // A move sent and not yet answered: the next view, or a refusal, lets it go.
   sent: boolean
   resign: () => void
+  // GNU Go to the other chair, at a level; held as `seating` until the hub
+  // answers.
+  addBot: (level: number) => void
+  seating: boolean
 }
 
 export interface UseGoTable extends GoTableActions {
@@ -57,12 +61,14 @@ export const useGoTable = ({ playerId, move, showNotice, onLeft }: UseGoTablePro
   const [view, setView] = useState<GoView | null>(null)
   const [opening, setOpening] = useState(false)
   const [sent, setSent] = useState(false)
+  const [seating, setSeating] = useState(false)
   const askList = useCallback(() => move('roundRobins'), [move])
   const { roundRobins, load: loadRoundRobins, heardList, heardOne, reset: resetRoundRobins } = useRoundRobinList<GoRoundRobin>(askList)
 
   const settle = useCallback(() => {
     setOpening(false)
     setSent(false)
+    setSeating(false)
   }, [])
   const clearTable = useCallback(() => {
     setView(null)
@@ -173,6 +179,13 @@ export const useGoTable = ({ playerId, move, showNotice, onLeft }: UseGoTablePro
     move('accept')
   }, [move])
   const resign = useCallback(() => move('resign'), [move])
+  const addBot = useCallback(
+    (level: number) => {
+      setSeating(true)
+      move('addBot', { level })
+    },
+    [move]
+  )
 
   return {
     view,
@@ -193,6 +206,8 @@ export const useGoTable = ({ playerId, move, showNotice, onLeft }: UseGoTablePro
     markDead,
     accept,
     resign,
+    addBot,
+    seating,
     roundRobins,
     loadRoundRobins,
     createRoundRobin,