Editing Gomoku (section)

=== [[Renju]] ===
Black (the player who makes the first move) has long been known to have an advantage, even before [[L. Victor Allis]] proved that black can force a win (see below). Renju attempts to mitigate this imbalance with extra rules that aim to reduce black's first player advantage.

It is played on a 15×15 board, with the rules of three and three, four and four, and overlines applied to Black only.<ref name=":6" />
* The rule of three and three bans a move that simultaneously forms two open rows of three stones (rows not blocked by an opponent's stone at either end).
* The rule of four and four bans a move that simultaneously forms two rows of four stones (open or not).
*Overlines prevent a player from winning if they form a line of 6 or more stones.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Renju International Federation portal - RenjuNet |url=https://www.renju.net/advanced/ |access-date=2021-07-22 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711201520/https://www.renju.net/study/advanced.php |archive-date=11 July 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Renju also makes use of various tournament opening rules, such as [[Soosõrv opening rule|Soosõrv-8]], the current international standard.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Renju International Federation portal - RenjuNet|url=http://renju.net/ga2015/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210722180937/http://renju.net/organizations/ga2015.php|archive-date=2021-07-22|access-date=2021-07-22|website=renju.net}}</ref>