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Gomoku

Gomoku, also called five in a row, is an abstract strategy board game. It is traditionally played with Go pieces (black and white stones) on a 15×15 Go board while in the past a 19×19 board was standard. Because pieces are typically not moved or removed from the board, gomoku may also be played as a paper-and-pencil game. The game is known in several…

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Chance
None
Genres
Board game Abstract strategy game
Players
2
Setup time
Minimal
Skills
Strategy, tactics

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Origin

First-player advantage

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Theoretical generalizations

World championships

Computers and gomoku

In popular culture

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Gomoku

Nodes42
Edges41
Triples75
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.047619
Components1

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Gomoku

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related to Origin · 16
Gomoku → By, China, Chinese, Edo, Go, Gomoku Jōseki Collection, Heian Jidai, Historical, It, Japanese, Korea, Kuwanaya Buemon, Nijō, The, Wu, Wuziqi
related to In popular culture · 15
Gomoku → Afterwards, Ahn Kyung Kim, Baduk Lee, Baek Seung-Hwa, In, In-universe, Korean, Lee, Omok, Omok Girl, Park Se-wan, Rot, The, Vintage Story, Years
related to Computers and gomoku · 10
Gomoku → Computer Appear Intelligent, Datamation, How, In, It, Joseph Weizenbaum, Make, Researchers, This, Victor Allis
related to First-player advantage · 5
Gomoku → Championships, Pro, The, This, When
related to Caro · 4
Gomoku → In Caro, This, Vietnamese, White
related to Theoretical generalizations · 4
Gomoku → Connect, Connect Four, Connect6, In
related to Tournament opening rules · 4
Gomoku → For, Swap2, The, Tournament
related to World championships · 3
Gomoku → List, Since, World Gomoku Championships
related to Omok · 2
Gomoku → Freestyle, Omok
Chance · 1
Gomoku → None

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board game first player stones black stone three white two five also second played rules opening tournament win rule row

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GomokuChanceNone1.00infobox
GomokuGenresBoard game Abstract strategy game1.00infobox
GomokuPlayers21.00infobox
GomokuSetup timeMinimal1.00infobox
GomokuSkillsStrategy, tactics1.00infobox
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Swap2 used by the professional gomoku players have been solved yetinstance ofnor the opening rules0.80text
so the topic of gomoku artificial intelligence is still a challenge for computer scientistsinstance ofnor the opening rules0.80text
such as the problem on how to improve the gomoku algorithms to make them more strategicinstance ofnor the opening rules0.80text
competitiveinstance ofnor the opening rules0.80text
Gomokurelated to CaroIn Caro0.60section
Gomokurelated to CaroVietnamese0.60section

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