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Yamaguchi opening rule

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Yamaguchi opening rule is a renju opening rule. It was developed by Japanese player Yusui Yamaguchi.

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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 and therefore favorited. It gives an average variety of new playable variants in a good number of openings, but some of them (13ths and some others) don't become playable. More, this opening rule doesn't protect players from a 11D-draw variants.

    Tournaments played by this rule

    This opening rule is official opening rule for Renju World Championships and Renju Team World Championships since 2009.

    References

    Yamaguchi opening rule Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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