Renju · Free Gomoku

Gomoku

Free Gomoku, no forbidden moves. Pieces are placed at intersections, and you play against the sparring partner.

How to play

  1. 01

    Start

    Open it and it's a bot. By default, you play black, sparring player white, and the black side plays first.

  2. 02

    Place a piece

    The intersection of the point empty. Where there are already pieces, you can't play again, and you can't play the blank space right between the two lines.

  3. 03

    Cheng Wu

    Horizontal, vertical, and two diagonal lines, if you connect with the same color to form five or longer pieces, that side wins. Long consecutive lines also count as winning.

  4. 04

    Change difficulty, switch sides

    Click the gear in the upper left corner to open Settings, then select Seven Levels Computer Horizontal and Hold Black or Execute White. After modification, click "Apply and Start New Game"; Close the pop-up window to remove any unused selections.

These rules match the version played on this site.

Winning and losing

  • If a player of the same color forms five or more stones in a straight line, that side wins.
  • Fifteenth route has a total of 225 points, but no one has connected yet, so it's considered a draw.

Game controls

  • Spot an empty cross on the chessboard.
  • The 'Regret Move' at the bottom retracts the previous move. The sparring partner has already expired, you and the sparring partner each retract one move.
  • "Restart" to clear the board, then play first from Black.

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