gomoku
Noun
Meaning
gomoku (uncountable)
An abstract strategy board game, played with pieces from the game go (black and white stones) on a go board with 19×19 intersections, or as a paper-and-pencil game. The winner is the first player to achieve an unbroken sequence of five of their pieces in a row, a column or a diagonal.
Synonyms: gobang, five-in-a-row
Hyponym: renju
Examples
Nowadays, most of the state-of-the-art gomoku AIs are based on the alpha-beta pruning framework.
Computers and Gomoku People have been applying the artificial intelligence technique on playing gomoku for several decades.
In 2001, the winning strategy was also approved for renju, a variation of gomoku, when there was no limitation on the opening stage.
In the nineteenth century, gomoku was introduced to Britain where it was known as "Go Bang."
Pente is based on the Japanese game ninuki-renju, a variant of renju or gomoku that is played on a Go board of 19x19 intersections with white and black stones.
Such long forcing sequences are typical in gomoku, and expert players can read out forcing sequences of 20 to 40 moves rapidly and accurately.