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Renju Opening Pattern
{{More citations needed, date=June 2021 Renju opening pattern is a Renju ''Renju'' (Japanese: 連珠) is a professional variant of gomoku. It was named renju by Japanese journalist Ruikou Kuroiwa (黒岩涙香) on December 6, 1899 in a Japanese newspaper ''Yorozu chouhou'' (萬朝報). The name "renju" comes from t ... position with 3 moves made. All debut classifications in Renju are based on patterns. Restrictions on first moves * The first move is black and must be played in the center of the board. * The second move is white and must be played in the center 3x3 square. * The third move is black and must be played in the center 5x5 square. Openings classification Since the second move is to be played in the center 3x3 square, the white stone must be adjacent (vertically, horizontally or diagonally) to the first move. It is clear that due to symmetry any legal opening pattern will fall into one of the following categories: * Indirect openings - 2nd move is diagonally adjace ...
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Renju
''Renju'' (Japanese: 連珠) is a professional variant of gomoku. It was named renju by Japanese journalist Ruikou Kuroiwa (黒岩涙香) on December 6, 1899 in a Japanese newspaper ''Yorozu chouhou'' (萬朝報). The name "renju" comes from the Japanese language, and means "connected pearls" in Japanese. The game is played with black and white stones on a 15×15 gridded go board. The rule of renju weakens the advantages for the first player (Black) in gomoku by adding special restrictions for Black. Rules Opening rules Unlike gomoku, renju has a unique sequence of opening moves called an "opening rule". There are several certified opening rules. The list of requirements for new opening rules as approved by the  Renju International Federation (RIF) in 2003 was: I. Traditions * The basic renju rules must be kept. * The opening stage must not exceed 5 moves. * All 26 canonical openings must be possible and only 26 canonical openings can be possible. * All present realistic ...
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Renju Diagonal Openings-
''Renju'' (Japanese: 連珠) is a professional variant of gomoku. It was named renju by Japanese journalist Ruikou Kuroiwa (黒岩涙香) on December 6, 1899 in a Japanese newspaper ''Yorozu chouhou'' (萬朝報). The name "renju" comes from the Japanese language, and means "connected pearls" in Japanese. The game is played with black and white stones on a 15×15 gridded go board. The rule of renju weakens the advantages for the first player (Black) in gomoku by adding special restrictions for Black. Rules Opening rules Unlike gomoku, renju has a unique sequence of opening moves called an "opening rule". There are several certified opening rules. The list of requirements for new opening rules as approved by the Renju International Federation (RIF) in 2003 was: I. Traditions * The basic renju rules must be kept. * The opening stage must not exceed 5 moves. * All 26 canonical openings must be possible and only 26 canonical openings can be possible. * All present realistic va ...
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RIF Opening Rule
RIF opening rule is a renju opening rule. It was adopted by the Renju International Federation (RIF) in 1996 as an upgrade to Swap opening rule and was an official rule for Renju World Championships from 1996 till 2008. Rule details The sequence of moves implied by the rule follows. * The tentative Black plays all the first three moves (two moves for black and one move for white i.e. he decides which of the 26 patterns that will be used). * The tentative White decides which of the players that will play as Black and as White in the game (White has the right to swap sides). * The now decided player being White makes the 4th move in an optional unoccupied intersection. * Black (the player with the black stones) has to make two different proposals for 5th stone. The proposals have to be unequal in all respects. White has the right to choose one of the two proposals from Black to become the 5th move of the game. The time for Black goes till he has given two correct proposals. For Whi ...
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Renju Vertical Openings-
''Renju'' (Japanese: 連珠) is a professional variant of gomoku. It was named renju by Japanese journalist Ruikou Kuroiwa (黒岩涙香) on December 6, 1899 in a Japanese newspaper ''Yorozu chouhou'' (萬朝報). The name "renju" comes from the Japanese language, and means "connected pearls" in Japanese. The game is played with black and white stones on a 15×15 gridded go board. The rule of renju weakens the advantages for the first player (Black) in gomoku by adding special restrictions for Black. Rules Opening rules Unlike gomoku, renju has a unique sequence of opening moves called an "opening rule". There are several certified opening rules. The list of requirements for new opening rules as approved by the Renju International Federation (RIF) in 2003 was: I. Traditions * The basic renju rules must be kept. * The opening stage must not exceed 5 moves. * All 26 canonical openings must be possible and only 26 canonical openings can be possible. * All present realistic va ...
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