Mark's five-in-a-row games

Pente, Renju, and Gomoku

Pente Tournaments

Pente tournament champions from various tournaments

Downloads

Download Pente 10.4 for Windows
It searches 1-18 moves ahead, with options for extended searches
to provide a challenge to the human.
Version 10.4

Includes Keryo-Pente and full search multiplayer.
Includes an opening book for Pente and K-pente.

Download Pente opening book for MS Word -- over 300 openings (139K)
(also available in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

Download 131 Pente games for my program (new text format) from the '83 Championship

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Pente for Beginners by Alexander Nosovsky
A good chapter on Pente strategy for beginners/intermediate. Download zipped RTF file (RTF can be read by most wordprocessors)
Get the file here: Pente for Beginners in English at Nosovsky's Japanese Games Page

Oleg's web site
Click on the "neHTa" link from the main page. Includes a pente game analysis page!
Download Oleg Stepanov's Pente game database - a DOS program that lets you view hundreds of games filtered by opening moves. Allows you to convert any position into a .wmf graphics file. Includes 3761 games (1 May 2001) from Richard's Play by EMail plus live tournaments and games from Dweebo's Pente Online site. (Hit F4 to switch databases).

Download NOESIS 2.1 for WINDOWS
Winner of 3rd place in game tournament in third Computer Renju Championship.
Plays Renju and Gomoku including new tournament gomoku rules.