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Minimum shanten can easily be checked by how many useless tiles are in hand (any single 3 away, plus single word tiles). It is important to remember that seven pairs and kokushi musou will ignore this basic calculation. | Minimum shanten can easily be checked by how many useless tiles are in hand (any single 3 away, plus single word tiles). It is important to remember that seven pairs and kokushi musou will ignore this basic calculation. | ||
''minimumShanten'' = min(''uselessTiles'', 6 - ''pairs'', 13 - ''diffTerminals'' - max(''terminalPairs'', 1)). | |||
This method is most effective at the start of a game, and less towards the end. | This method is most effective at the start of a game, and less towards the end. | ||