No. Usually experienced players will begin in a cell like a2, b1 or b2, cells near to the top left corner — these are considered fairly neutral opening moves.

No. Usually experienced players will begin in a cell like a2, b1 or b2, cells near to the top left corner — these are considered fairly neutral opening moves. I wish I could link you to the Hex Wiki (hexwiki.org), where players much more advanced than I have written about Hex strategy. But it's been down with a message about database problems for months. Here's a link to their page on openings, via the Wayback Machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20110806113426/http://www.hexwiki.org/index.php?title=Opening http://web.archive.org/web/20110806113426/http://www.hexwiki... Edit: You may also wish to read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_%28board_game%29#Theory_and_proofs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_%28board_game%29#Theory_an...