Renju
Sign in to saveRenju () is a professional variant of the abstract strategy board game 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" means "connected pearls" in Japanese. The game is played with black and white stones on a 15×15 gridded go board.
Key facts
- Game.title
- Renju
- Game.image_link
- 200px
- Game.image_caption
- Renju is played on a 15×15 gridded board. The playing pieces, called stones, are played on the grid line intersections.
- Game.players
- 2
- Game.setup_time
- Minimal
- Game.playing_time
- Casual games: 5 to 30 minutes; tournament games: from 10 minutes (renju blitz) to 5 hours or longer
- Game.random_chance
- None
- Game.skills
- Strategy, tactics
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- Renju
- time of discovery or invention
- 1899-00-00
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12 sectionsContents
- Rules
- Forbidden moves
- Pass
- Winning
- Opening rules
- Renju International Federation
- World Championships
- Computers and renju
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Renju () is a professional variant of the abstract strategy board game 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" 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.