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It would be wild if it turned out that some of the 20 first moves led into a tree that included a perfect winning path for black while others were draw on perfe
by usrusr 4y ago
It would be wild if it turned out that some of the 20 first moves led into a tree that included a perfect winning path for black while others were draw on perfection: "take it, if you can, I bet you can't"
- Scarblac 4y agoWith connect-4 it's like that: playing in the middle on the 1st move means the first player wins, playing adjacent to the middle means the game will be drawn, and starting further to the side means the second player wins (all assuming otherwise perfect play). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connect_Four#Mathematical_solution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connect_Four#Mathematical_solu...
- usrusr 4y agoPlenty of forced moves in that game, where there is only one option to not lose immediately. I basically sacrificed the last years of school math to a 10x8 variation of that game, it was almost as if there were two competitions in parallel, who would win and who could call a game decided first. Declaring the other guy winner before he even knew was almost better than winning (but certainly not as good as declaring victory and then explaining why)