Swap opening rule

Rule details

• The tentative Black plays the first move in the center of the board.
• The tentative White plays the second move in the center 3x3 square.
• The tentative Black plays the third move in the center 5x5 square thus deciding which opening pattern out of 24 patterns possible will be used.
• The tentative White decides which of the players that will play as Black and as White in the game.
• The now decided player being White makes the 4th move in an optional unoccupied intersection.
• Black has to make two different proposals for 5th stone. The proposals have to be unequal in all respects. White has the right to choose one of the two proposals from Black to become the 5th move of the game. The time for Black goes till he has given two correct proposals. For White the time goes till he has accepted one of the proposals and till he has made the 6th move which can be made in any unoccupied intersection.
• With the 5th move the special opening rules for the moves are ended.

Brief description

Tournaments played by this rule