Slip, yes, I have owned pente games, played in tournaments etc. It is nothing at all like pente....however, gomoku is played on a go board with go pieces...and even world masters might use it as a warm up or diversion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pente Here you will see the origin of pente...thousands of years ago.... For go, the rules are all too simple. Again, for a great resource, see: http://www.usgo.org/resources/whatisgo.html Quickly, the game starts out with an empty board (unless one is playing a handicap game...which is much better than the chess equivalent). Black plays first, placing one ‘stone’ [lens shaped piece of slate] on an intersection. The board is 19x19….361 possible first moves. Once placed, a stone is never moved. White next, then black etc. At any point one player may pass…allowing the opponent another move. When both players pass consecutively, the game is over. The winner is the one who surrounds more EMPTY intersections + the number of captured stones. A stone or group of stones is captured when they have no ‘breathing spaces’ (empty intersections) connected directly to them. In a nut shell, that is it. The only other rule is that one may not make a play that produces the exact layout as the immediately previous play did. The military officers in Japan, and, perhaps China, had to learn the game. It is a wonderful mirror ….to display whether one is advancing/ extending too far or not far enough…on every move! Hope I didn’t bore. On Mar 19, 7:05 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > So what are the rules? Reminds me of Pente in a way, have you ever > come across it? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pente > > On Mar 19, 9:40 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > thanks slip...one can play online at any level...the handicaping > > allows different level players to play 'equal'...many sources, but for > > the USA, this site is a good start (American Go > > Assocaition)http://www.usgo.org/ > > > On Mar 19, 3:48 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That was interesting, Orn, I'll have to check out Go. > > > > On Mar 18, 3:13 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > For the few who thought the ancients didn't know much... > > > > >http://www.strangehorizons.com/2001/20010402/biggest_numbers.shtml > > > > > I found the above article imbedded in a story about the game of Go > > > > and > > > > AI > > > > >http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/gobrain.html > > > > > I've played Go since 1959 or so...once I started it, I stopped > > > > playing > > > > chess. > > > > > Also, I've been 'into' math since..what, the 1940s? > > > > > Hope you enjoy either/both!!!- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
