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RIF Opening Rule
RIF opening rule is a renju opening rule. It was adopted by the Renju International Federation The Renju International Federation (RIF) is an international organization which was founded in Stockholm, Sweden on August 8, 1988. The main purpose of the federation is to unite all the Renju and gomoku national federations all over the world, or ... (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 diff ...
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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 var ...
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Renju International Federation
The Renju International Federation (RIF) is an international organization which was founded in Stockholm, Sweden on August 8, 1988. The main purpose of the federation is to unite all the Renju and gomoku national federations all over the world, organize international tournaments such as World Championships, together with other activities in renju and gomoku, and spread renju activities in the world. The federation carry out the General Assembly every two years. The Central Committee The Central Committee is responsible to the current status of the Renju International Federation, together with the activities of the officials of the Federation. According to the status, there are 6 positions in the Central Committee. Members The Renju International Federation was founded in 1988 by 3 founder members: Japan, Soviet Union and Sweden. Up to 2017, there have been 20 members in the Renju International Federation. The list of members follows. See also * Renju * Gomoku * World Champi ...
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Swap Opening Rule
Swap opening rule is a renju opening rule. It was adopted by RIF in the late 80s and was an official rule for Renju World Championships from 1989 till 1995. Rule details The sequence of moves implied by the rule follows. * The tentative Black plays the first move in the center of the board. * The tentative White plays the second move in the center 3x3 square. * The tentative Black plays the third move in the center 5x5 square thus deciding which opening pattern out of 24 patterns possible will be used. (Two of the 26 theoretically possible patterns are forbidden.) * 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 ...
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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 th ... 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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Yamaguchi Opening Rule
Yamaguchi opening rule is a renju opening rule. It was developed by Japanese player Yusui Yamaguchi. Rule details The sequence of moves implied by the rule follows. * The first player (tentative black) puts one of the 26 openings and declares how many 5th moves will be offered in that game. * The next player (tentative white) has a right to swap. * The white player puts the 4th move anywhere on the board. * The black player puts as many 5th moves on the board as it was declared before (symmetrical moves not allowed). * The white player chooses one 5th from these offerings and plays the 6th move. Brief description This rule is very close to an old RIF opening rule RIF opening rule is a renju opening rule. It was adopted by the Renju International Federation The Renju International Federation (RIF) is an international organization which was founded in Stockholm, Sweden on August 8, 1988. The main purpose of ... and therefore favorited. It gives an average variety of new pl ...
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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 var ...
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