To all -

I was asked by Ringtone at IYT for something that should have been obvious from the beginning of all of this discussion.

That is, where is there a site where the 'official' rules of Pente and Keryo Pente can be found. If anyone is still interested, there are at least 3 sites where the official rules are located. They are as follows:

www.pente.org - Dweebo's Stone Games where real-time Pente and Keryo Pente are played with ratings and real-time tournaments. Go to the bottom left of the home page and click on the FAQ link. (I am a tournament director there.)

www.gamerz.net - Richard's play by Email server where many Email world championships are played for MANY different games. Toward the bottom of the home page, there is a link to the rules for both Pente and Keryo Pente.

users.erols.com/msmammel/marksfiv.html - Mark Mammel's Pente site with MANY good links including one for the proof of the forced win in 24 moves in Gomoku for player 1. Towards the bottom of the home page is a link where you can download his program. In his program's help file, you will see the official rules for Pente, D-pente, G-pente, and S-pente. It's also GREAT for storing your games.


In restrospect, I should have posted this 3-4 days ago, but I didn't think of it then. Many thanks to Ringtone for requesting the official rules and making me think a little more about it.


Gary Barnes