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Renju

Renju is a professional five-in-a-row board game on a Go-like board with special black restrictions and opening rules to keep the game balanced. RIF sources document rules and tournament structure.

LevelDiscipline FamilyMind Sport CategoryMind sport

AI-generated illustration: Renju — AI-generated illustration

Classification

Category Mind sport

Family Mind Sport

Level Discipline

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Five-in-a-row board game with renju-specific rules that restrict black and balance the game.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like short rules, deep patterns, quiet analysis and two-player strategy.

Cost Low: renju/Go board or online board and a rule summary are enough. Low to medium for board, stones, clock, books/online training and possible club/tournament fees. RenjuNet/RIF material, online server, Go/board-game club or mind-sport group. First understand the gomoku-like base idea, then learn renju-specific black restrictions and opening rules.

First progress Basic goal immediately; real renju tactics start with restrictions, threats and openings.

Fitness level low

Was du brauchst

15x15 board
black and white stones
rule summary
optional clock
quiet table
online analysis

First steps

set up board
practise free five-in-a-row
learn black restrictions
analyse short games
replay RIF examples

RenjuNet/RIF tutorials, online servers, Go/board-game clubs or mind-sport groups.

No physical risk; clarify clock, notation and rule variant in tournaments.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Renju team, Renju Team

Tags mind, board, strategy, renju, mind-sport, abstract-board-game, denksport, renju-fuenf-in-einer-reihe

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Form a legal row of five while avoiding forbidden black patterns or tournament-rule violations.

Teilnehmer

Two players per game.

Teamgröße

Two players per game.

Spielfeld

Renju/Go board on a tournament table with black/white stones, clock and notation material.

Dauer

Duration depends on game, round, heat, speech, dictation or tournament time control.

Wertung

Game result is win/draw/loss; tournaments use match points, pairings and tie-breaks.

Gewinnbedingung

Create a legal row of five or achieve the best aggregate tournament score.

Ausrüstung

Renju/Go board, black and white stones, game clock, notation sheet and tournament table.

Wichtige Regelpunkte

unauthorised aids
communication outside the rules
time violation
wrong or incomplete answer/input

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

What is Renju? RenjuNet / RIF · beginner-guide · high
Advanced Tutorial RenjuNet / RIF · strategy-guide · high
RIF Rules of Renju Renju International Federation · rulebook · high
RIF tournament rules Renju International Federation · rulebook · high