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Soosõrv Opening Rule
Soosõrv opening rule is a renju opening rule. It was proposed by Estonian player Ants Soosõrv. Rule details The sequence of moves implied by the rule follows. * The first player puts one of the 26 openings. * The other player has the right to swap. * The white player puts the 4th move anywhere on board and declares whether there will be 1, 2, 3 or 4 fifth moves offered in the game. * The other player has a right to swap. * The black player puts as many 5th moves on the board as it was declared before. The fifth moves can not be symmetrical. * The white player chooses one 5th from these offerings and plays the 6th move. Brief description This rule gives an average variety of new playable variants in a good number of openings, especially white-oriented, but openings that are very strong for black (like 2D, 2I, 4I, 7I, 4D etc.) don't become playable. To solve this problem the Soosõrv-N advancement was proposed and certified by RIF. Advancement Soosõrv-N opening rule i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ants Soosõrv
Ants Soosõrv (born March 15, 1969 in Tallinn) is an Estonian renju player and coach. As a member of the Estonian team, he won the Team World Renju Championships for two times in 2008 and 2014. Since 2005, Ants Soosõrv had become the general secretary of 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 ..., until he retired in 2022. Biography Ants Soosõrv began to play renju in 1987. In the European Renju Championship, he has won one gold medal (2014), two silver medals (2000 and 2012) and two bronze medals (1998, 2006). Ants has taken part in the final stage of the World Renju Championships for five times, getting the 6th place (1993), 10th place (1995), 5th place (1997), 5th place (1999) and the 7th place (2001) separately. As a member of the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taraguchi Opening Rule
Taraguchi opening rule is a renju opening rule. It was proposed by Yusui Yamaguchi as an advancement of a Tarannikov opening rule and therefore it was named with a combination of these two names. It has an enhancement, Taraguchi-N opening rule. Rule details * The black player puts the first move in the center of the board. * The other player may swap. * The white player will put the 2nd move within 3x3 central square. * The other player may swap. * The black player will put the 3rd move within 5x5 central square. * The other player may swap. * The white player will put the 4th move within 7x7 central square. The choice 1 (after the 4th move): * The other player may swap. * The black player will put the 5th move within 9x9 central square. * The other player may swap. * The white player plays the 6th move anywhere on board. The choice 2 (after the 4th move): * The black player puts five 5th moves anywhere on board (symmetrical moves are not allowed). * The white player chooses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renju World Championship
There are several world championships in Renju organized by the Renju International Federation, including World Championship, Women World Championships, Team World Championships, Youth World Championships and Correspondence World Championships. World Championships Renju World Championships have occurred every second year, since 1989. The opening rule was Yamaguchi from 2009 to 2015, and has been changed to Soosõrv-8 since 2017. The results of previous World Championships are following: The statistics for the players in the Renju World Championships following. Women World Championships The Women World Championships started in 1997 and are played every second year, at the same time and place with the World Championships. The results are following: Team World Championships Team World Championships in Renju have occurred every second year since 1996, except for 2020. Since 2010 the opening rule being played is Yamaguchi. The results are following. The statistics for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
