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• Parallelogram boards
  ...nd that Hex on a 9×7 board is a rather fair game, when Blue may start the game with two stones at once. ...used for specifying board sizes in the [[GTP]] protocol and in the [[Smart Game Format|SGF]] file format.
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• Hex (board element)
  The game of Hex is played on a board made out of hexagons, which are called "hexes" At the beginning of the game, all the hexes are empty; players then take it in turns to put their [[piec
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• Piece
  ...layers in a game of Hex has a collection of pieces at the beginning of the game; on this site one player has red pieces and the other blue. The players tak On this Wiki, pieces are shown as red or blue circles. For example in this game
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• Theory of ladder escapes
  then in reality the game could look like this,
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• Peep
  The term "peep" is borrowed from the game of Go. Another term for peep, also borrowed from Go but less frequently use The only winning move for Red is the peep at d6. If Red misses it, the game proceeds as follows and Blue wins:
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• Tenuki
  ...oard than the opponent's last move. The term "tenuki" is borrowed from the game of Go, where it is used to describe a similar strategy.
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• Joseki
  The word "joseki" is borrowed from the game of Go because of the strong analogy between Hex and Go corner play. There a ...aforementioned corner, so instead, player B counterplays in the corner. A game progresses in this manner: player B counterplays, player A holds on to her
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• David Boll Hex FAQ
  Hex was invented/discovered by Pete Hein. It a connectivity game, introduced the game in one of his Mathematical Recreations column,
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• GTP
  ...use is to separate front-end software, which provides graphical display of game boards, from back-end software, which implements a Hex strategy engine. The | Determine the winner of a completed game. One player must have a solid chain connecting their two edges. The respons
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• Conventions
  ...are no universally agreed upon conventions for Hex, and different people, game sites, books, and computer programs sometimes use different conventions. ...e game board. When the game is played remotely, for example on an internet game server or over email, it is in principle possible for the two players to fo
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• Domination
  In game theory, a move ''dominates'' another move if it is at least as good. In Hex ...efficiently]], i.e., that minimize the number of remaining moves until the game is won.
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• Player
  Hex is a game between two players. The player who goes first is typically called "Red". O
  665 B (110 words) - 21:39, 28 December 2020
• Resigning
  ...[[chain]] of adjacent pieces connecting their two edges. In practice, the game usually ends when one player achieves a [[virtual connection]] between thei ...is a time limit), didn't show up, refused to play, walked away during the game, or broke the rules in some other way.
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• Optimal play
  ...ter make a mistake; and a player who makes a losing move may still win the game if the opponent later makes a mistake.
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• PlayOK
  '''PlayOK''' is an online game site where one can play Hex, as well as many other board games and card gam
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• Passing
  ...ertheless, there are a number of good reasons for why the rules of Hex (on game sites or otherwise) should include the ability to pass. ...player would do this by passing one or more times at the beginning of the game. However, since many online sites do not permit passing, playing with handi
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• Elo rating
  ...to have an Elo rating of 800 — and indeed, this can differ from game to game (e.g. Hex vs. chess), organization to organization, website to website, and ...based on three factors: each player's previous Elo rating and who won the game. The update is done by a simple formula that causes the calculated Elo rati
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• Board
  ...ngly, different players actually do have different preferences!). Physical game boards can certainly be rotated and are usually looked at from different di
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• Flank
  The following example is from an actual game. Blue to move and win.
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• Board Game Arena
  Board Game Arena ([https://www.boardgamearena.com www.boardgamearena.com]), often abbr Currently, Board Game Arena is the most popular [[online playing|site]] for playing real-time Hex
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• FIFI25 vs. murasawa, October 2021
  == Game information == * Location: [[Board Game Arena]], table [https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=212776246 212776246]
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• Reverse Hex
  ...is even, and the second player has a winning strategy if ''n'' is odd. The game seems quite interesting when played on small boards (like 8x8) and with the ...e second-player winning strategy as before. Unless Blue loses earlier, the game continues until Blue, on the final move, replaces the imaginary blue stone
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• Corner move
  During the opening phase of a game of Hex, both players try to occupy strategically important cells. Apart fro ...shows that the following cells are the most useful to occupy early in the game. They are shown here from Red's perspective.
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• Initiative
  ...is sometimes called '''gote'''. These Japanese terms are adopted from the game of Go. ...immediately wins. In that case, neither player has the initiative, and the game just continues along a predetermined route until one player gains the initi
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• Bolstered template
  === In a game ===
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• Time tesuji
  ...potentially gained some additional time on the clock without changing the game situation. This strategy is risky, though, as the opponent could potentiall ...term time tesuji is [https://senseis.xmp.net/?TimeTesuji borrowed from the game of Go], where it has the same meaning.
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• Openings on 11 x 11
  ...good choice. But a [[corner move]] like c4 or d8 could give you an easier game, for the same reason that playing in the center is arguably not the best re
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• Hex clubs
  * '''Friday Hex Training Club.''' Meets first Friday of each month on [[Board Game Arena]] at 21:00 Netherlands time. Active since April 2022. Open to the pub
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• Efficiency
  ...Efficiency is not usually a goal for the losing player: if they wanted the game to end more quickly, they could just [[resigning|resign]]. However, it migh If Blue prolongs the game as long as possible, Red wins in 5 turns, for example like this:
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• Question
  Similar, if the game proceeds like in the next diagram, then after move 7, Blue threatens to cut
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• Openings on 19 x 19
  ...ers opening strategy that is most relevant in the first 10-30 moves of the game. Some of it is specific to 19×19, but much of it is applicable to oth * On smaller boards, the game becomes quite tactical after the opening, and playing well often means play
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• Reading
  ...tive way to improve reading skills is to solve [[puzzles]] or play through game scenarios. A good way to do this is with the help of a [[physical Hex sets|
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• Strategic advice from KataHex
  ** In [https://littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=2368410&nmove=8 this game], 6. c9 was a mistake (and an example of incorrect minimaxing); 7. a10 is t ** In [https://littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=2369558&nmove=11 this game], 11. e6 was a mistake; the best move was to respond to the obtuse corner j
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• David Gale
  ...rds already existed elsewhere after [[Piet Hein]]'s prior invention of the game). ...o known as "Gale". Bridg-It is similar to Hex, but simpler. It is a solved game, i.e., an explicit winning strategy is known.
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• Losing play
  ...ows that they are [[optimal play|theoretically losing]], but continues the game in the hopes that the opponent will make a mistake. This typically happens ...he game, but hopes that the opponent will make enough mistakes to tilt the game in the stronger player's favor.
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• Combinatorial game theory
  ''This page is about the combinatorial game theory of Hex. For combinatorial game theory in general, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_game_th ...s of the Hex board), and each component analyzed separately. Combinatorial game theory can be used to reason about such concepts as [[domination]], reversi
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• Monotonicity
  ...g an arbitrary move is at least as good as [[passing]]. This show that the game of Hex does not change if passing is allowed, since no player would ever ha
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• PlayHex
  ...of [[KataHex]]. Moreover, the website offers almost instantaneous AI-based game analysis.
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