Editing Gomoku (section)

=== Freestyle gomoku ===
Freestyle gomoku has no restrictions on either player and allows a player to win by creating a line of five or more stones, with each player alternating turns placing one stone at a time.

==== Swap after 1st move ====
The rule of "swap after 1st move" is a variant of the freestyle gomoku rule, and is mostly played in China.  The game can be played on a 19×19 or 15×15 board. As per the rule, once the first player places a black stone on the board, the second player has the right to swap colors. The rest of the game proceeds as freestyle gomoku. This rule is set to balance the advantage of black in a simple way.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swap after 1st move rule |url=http://www.wuzi8.com/Article/HTML/3764.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208090454/http://www.wuzi8.com/Article/HTML/3764.html |archive-date=2021-12-08 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=www.wuzi8.com |language=zh}}</ref>