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Заметки об истории, правилах и совершенствовании игры в гомоку
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Strategy
Why double threats win Gomoku games
One threat can be blocked. Two threats created by the same stone often cannot. Learn how forks form and how to spot them early.
Rules & Openings
The geometry of a Gomoku board
Center, edge and corner points do not offer the same attacking room. Counting lines explains why strong openings stay near the middle.
AI & Analysis
Why programmers keep teaching computers Gomoku
Gomoku is easy to encode and brutal to search. That combination has supported decades of work on threat search, pruning and neural networks.
Rules & Openings
Gomoku rules are a family, not a single rulebook
Freestyle, standard Gomoku, Renju and Caro look alike at first. Overlines, forbidden moves and blocked fives make them play differently.
History & Culture
The stop-and-start story of the Gomoku World Championship
The first world title was awarded in Kyoto in 1989. Then the event vanished for eighteen years before balanced openings brought it back.
Rules & Openings
How Swap2 changed the Gomoku opening
Gomoku's first-player advantage did not disappear. Swap2 made the opening player's job much more uncomfortable, which is exactly the point.