Winning Tricks
The edge of a 15×15 gomoku board changes which lines can grow into five. How to use the edge to kill enemy lines, when not to build near it, and why the centre
Winning Tricks
In gomoku the player who forces the play usually wins. How to chain fours and threes, when a quiet move is right, and how to convert a winning attack without sl
A double threat the opponent sees coming can be stopped. How to prepare two lines that meet at one point, disguise the second line, and land the blow before the
Winning Tricks
Five simple traps that catch new gomoku players again and again, why they work, and how to recognise them so you never fall into them yourself.
Openings
Five early gomoku traps that catch beginners again and again: the hidden diagonal, the gap three, the wasted block, the far reply and the early four.
Winning Tricks
Most players see rows and columns first and diagonals last. How to build attacks along diagonals, hide threats there, and train your eyes to spot them for both
Winning Tricks
Stronger gomoku players rarely lose to clever tricks. They lose to patient, accurate defence and well-timed attacks. Practical habits for taking games off bette
