Yonrenkei, the crown jewel of four tile shapes. Early in our studies of tile efficiency, we learned its utility. It serves as two floating tiles, easily creating ryanmen blocks; or (equivalently) seen as two ryanmens conjoined at the hip; it can grow to form a sanmenchan; or a nobetan wait finding our pair. We quickly learn to love the shape and keep it around, and in return, the yonrenkei returns the favour and give us improvements in our hand. ...
Game Review - January 2026 (I)
It’s not often to have a hanchan full of interesting decisions. I played this match a month ago and wanted to do a full game review of this hanchan. I’ll focus on the interesting and difficult decisions. I’ve also decided to ask others for additional opinions to cover my blind spots. Additional thanks to starfire, mdragon6580 and dooplis for their game reviews. The conclusions here are unfortunately filtered through a unreliable narrator of myself and are not representative of their advice. ...