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• Connection game
  ...between some parts of the [[Board (general)|board]]. The first connection game was [[Hex]], which was invented in 1942. Several others have been created :The original connection game. Played on a [[Printable boards|rhombic hex grid]].
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• V vs. H game 1
  == Game information == The following is an annotated transcript of a Hex game. Follow along
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• Wroclaw game 01
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• Wroclaw game 02
  Note: this game record has errors. For example, i9 is played twice, first by Red and then b
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• Wroclaw game 03
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• Wroclaw game 04
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• Wroclaw game 05
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• Wroclaw game 06
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• Wroclaw game 07
  == Game record == The game record originally stated 12. j7, but that must have been a typo since Red p
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• Wroclaw game 08
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• Wroclaw game 09
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• Smart Game Format
  .... It's a text-only, tree-based format that was originally designed for the game of [[Go]], but has been adapted for a number of other games including Hex. ...be used for many kinds of tree-like data and is not necessarily limited to game trees.
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• Game sites
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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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• 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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• Piet Hein
  ...6) was a Danish poet, mathematician, and designer, and the inventor of the game of [[Hex]]. He is widely known for his contributions to both the literary a
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• Center opening
  When playing a [[handicap]] game on a small board, a common strategy to defend against the center opening is
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• Bottleneck
  The '''bottleneck''' is a strategic formation in the game of Hex where one player blocks the opponent's progress by occupying key pos ...and counter bottleneck formations is an important aspect of mastering the game of Hex.
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• History of Hex
  ...Politiken] on 26 December [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942 1942] but the game was introduced to an association of math students at The University of Cope ...to [[Martin Gardner]], some of the Princeton students also referred to the game as "John", because it was often played on the hexagonal tiles of bathroom f
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• Swap rule
  ...ue. Whichever player ends up being Blue makes the second move and then the game continues as usual. ...ayer]] has a considerable advantage. The swap rule was devised to make the game more even. Namely, if the first player plays a move that is too strong, the
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• Common mistakes
  However, playing c2 in this stage of the game is a losing move because Blue can play f2 or e2. (Previously this page stat Now Blue cannot block Red's connection. A further development game could be: d2, c3, d3, b5 and Red makes a double [[Bridge|bridge]], connecti
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• Rules
  ...rallel edges having the same color. The board is empty at the start of the game. On the left you can see an empty Hex board. ...en their designated edges (red for one player and blue for the other). The game is guaranteed to end with a winner as it is impossible for one player to su
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• Board size
  : Offered on [http://en.boardgamearena.com Board Game Arena]. : Offered on [http://en.boardgamearena.com Board Game Arena].
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• Polish phrases
  ...nd abbreviations, making it possible to convey very exactly some common in-game messages. : an invitation to a game
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• Basic (strategy guide)
  [[Hex]] is a two player [[Wikipedia:Board_game|board game]] played on an ''n × n'' grid of [[hexagon]]s. ...e by forcing the first player to make a move that leads to a roughly equal game. If the first player makes a very strong opening move, the second player wi
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• ICGA
  The ICGA organises a yearly tournament for all game engines in many games, including [[Hex]].
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• Useless triangle
  ...ed from the game — that is, it cannot have any effect on the rest of the game regardless of the rest of the position. Notice that any red path through c
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• Forcing move
  ...xpect that the bridge may become important later in the game. Later in the game, it may turn out that the bridge is no longer important to the opponent's c
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• Minimaxing
  ...a.org/wiki/Minimax minimax computer algorithm] that is used to explore the game tree and select a move.
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• John Nash
  ...omist and mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of game theory, the study of strategic decision making. He is best known for his wo ...nd a friend of [[Piet Hein]]. Therefore, Nash may have been exposed to the game, perhaps without realizing it. See [[History of Hex]] for more details.
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• Ladder escape
  ...] (the [[ladder handling|attacker]]) to connect the ladder and [[win]] the game. Red can keep [[ladder handling|pushing]] the ladder, forcing [[Blue (playe ...ion can be used to escape Red's third row ladder and enable Red to win the game.
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• Climbing
  ...of bridges and adjacent moves is common. Here is an example from an actual game. Red to move.
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• Sound connection
  Every game is a fight over [[Advantage|control]] of the board. Control is often gained
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• Intermediate (strategy guide)
  ...rom the game — that is, it cannot have any effect on the rest of the game regardless of the rest of the position. ...escape''' which allows Red to jump a move ahead of the ladder and win the game. The piece at h2 is called the "[[escape piece]]." Red should now play alon
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• Win
  The game is won when there's a path between opposite sides of the board. The player In this game [[Red]] has built a path between the top and the bottom (which are both red
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• Go
  ...ieces of their colour on the intersections on the board. The object of the game is to get the largest territory.
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• Local play
  A '''local move''' in the game of [[Hex]] is a move that is aimed at restoring the [[virtual connection|co
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• Sixth row template problem
  Is there a number ''m'' such that the game on the board of width ''m'' designed as follows, with Blue's turn to play,
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• Strategy
  ...trategy''' refers to a player's plan of action for playing and winning the game. ...] (used with permission) provides some examples of "how to think" during a game.
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• Tom's move
  ...ates from Tom Ace (player [[User:Tom239|Tom239]]), who devised it during a game against dj11, on 15 December 2002 on [[Playsite]]. This was not its first u === In a game ===
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• Outpost
  ...first few moves of the game. For this reason, both players often start the game by trying to [[corner move|occupy corners]]. When a player places an outpos
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• Handicap
  ...e) an advantage at the start of the game. The point of this is to make the game more even, so that it will be challenging for both players. ...g the weaker player a certain number of free moves at the beginning of the game. By selectively using the swap rule, the handicap can be given in increment
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• Opening
  ...perspectives of the players. However, typically the first two moves of the game are considered part of the opening.
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• Hex
  ...ken [[chain]] between their two sides. Hex is classified as a [[Connection game]]. Hex is a game of deep [[Wikipedia:Computational_complexity_theory|complexity]] and its co
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• Group
  In the game of Hex, a '''group''' is a set of interconnected [[stone]]s that are owned
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• Ladder handling
  In the following game, [[Red (player)|Red]] needs a [[ladder escape]] to the bottom [[ladder]]:
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• Connection game
  ...between some parts of the [[Board (general)|board]]. The first connection game was [[Hex]], which was invented in 1942. Several others have been created :The original connection game. Played on a [[Printable boards|rhombic hex grid]].
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• Unlur
  ...ed on a hexagonal grid of hexagons, as in the figure. The objective of the game is to create either a [[chain]] connecting three non-adjacent sides (a "Y") ...a white line. If a player achieves the opponent's objective, they lose the game. That is, if Black creates a line without at the same time creating a Y, Wh
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• Hex theory
  ...certainty. Whether this makes Hex a [[why did you start playing Hex|better game]] is of course debatable, but many find this attribute charming. ...move under optimal play. This follows from the fact that Hex is a monotone game: a position with additional pieces of a player's color is always at least a
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• Little Golem
  ...[[Chess]], [[Twixt]], [[Havannah]], Reversi, Dvonn, Amazons, Golem's word game, Four in a row, Gomoku, Street Soccer and Dots and Boxes. ...n the tournament type. The tournament types are ch, cv, mc, ld and ut. The game variants for hex are HEX11, DEFAULT (means board size 13), HEX15, HEX19.
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• Advanced (strategy guide)
  Now back to the game; after my minimax move d5, I can safely meet c7 with e6. Yielding In fact, the c7, e6 sequence occurred in the actual game. I eventually won after a close, hard-fought battle.
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• V vs. H game 1
  == Game information == The following is an annotated transcript of a Hex game. Follow along
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• Six
  *Game menu / Computer plays / "Black" or "White" or "Both"
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• Puzzles
  By [[David J Bush]]. Taken from a game on [[Playsite]] in 2003. Red to play and win. Designed by ''Door1'', helped by ''David J Bush''. Inspired by a game on [[Kurnik]] in May 2005. Blue to play and win.
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• Equivalent patterns
  ...e opponent may be randomly filled. This happens because the outcome of the game does not depend on it at all. === First example game ===
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• Y
  The game of Y is a [[connection game]] invented by [[Craige Schenstead]] and [[Charles Titus]]. In its original ...oof above extends to Hex because a Hex game can be seen as a subset of a Y game.
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• Small boards
  * For corresponding information on the game of Y, please visit [[Where to swap (y)]].
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• Strategy roadmap
  ...ate [[Elo rating|Elo]] level. The Elo ratings follow the system of [[Board Game Arena]], and are calibrated so that beginners are at level 0-100, and the s
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• Computer Hex
  | [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.game.hex Hex] || Android || By Five Factorial, released in January 2017. It uses ...ks well as a front-end to [[MoHex]]. HexGui can read and write the [[Smart Game Format]]. An up-to-date version of HexGui is available from [https://github
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• Draw
  ...'''draw''', i.e., there is always a winner. This makes Hex a more decisive game than, say, chess, where 55-70 percent of games between highly-ranked player ...ww.cs.ualberta.ca/~javhar/hex/hex-yproof.html elegant proof] using the [[Y|game of Y]].
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• Online playing
  * [[Board Game Arena]] supports real-time as well as turn-based play * [[Kurnik|PlayOK (Kurnik)]] for real-time play with rankings, game records, tournaments
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• Main Page
  Welcome to HexWiki, the comprehensive resource dedicated to the board game of [[Hex]]. ...c elements]], it has captivated a growing audience of players who find the game both challenging and engaging.
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• Typesetting Hex
  * Tom Ace's golem2eps tool for creating EPS files from a [[Smart Game Format|SGF]] file: http://www.minortriad.com/golem2eps.html
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• Pairing strategy
  ...eaches a point where one of the players can win by a pairing strategy, the game can be considered to be won by that player (unless the player is so weak th
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• Physical Hex sets
  * 11x11/14x14 at [https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/hex The Game Crafter]. ...mazon] has a board called "Hexus" by [https://www.brybelly.com/Hexus-Board-Game Brybelly]. It is 11x11 and appears to be plywood.
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• Printable boards
  ...em2eps] using as input a [[Smart Game Format|SGF]] file of a blank [[Hex]] game you can get a superb board of any size desired in EPS (as vector graphics).
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• Y puzzle
  Back to the game of Y: [[Y]]
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• Y puzzle solution
  Back to the game of Y: [[Y]]
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• Variants using the same equipment
  ...draws in this game, and there are also no "races" (unlike Chameleon). This game is nearly identical to Hex. If I recall correctly, it has been invented by ...as a winning strategy on any empty NxN board if and only if N is even. The game seems quite interesting when played on small boards (like 8x8) and with the
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• Wroclaw game 02
  Note: this game record has errors. For example, i9 is played twice, first by Red and then b
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• Wroclaw game 07
  == Game record == The game record originally stated 12. j7, but that must have been a typo since Red p
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• Cooper's Hex
  Early reports indicate that in strategy, the game is somewhat similar to [[Variants_using_the_same_equipment#1-2-2_Hex|1-2-2
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• Boardspace
  * http://boardspace.net/hex/hex-viewer.shtml — Hex game archives at Boardspace * http://boardspace.net/cgi-bin/boardspace_rankings.cgi?game=H — Hex player rankings at Boardspace
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• Team Tournament 1
  In 2003, before Poland's almost total dominance in the game of Hex,<BR>a <td>[http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=104574 0\1]</td>
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• Twixt
  '''TwixT''' is a [[connection game]] invented by [[Alex Randolph]]. It is played on board with a 24&times;24 g ...(This "one-move equalization" was added by Randolph after 3M published his game. It is present in the Schmidt Spiele edition and all later editions.)
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• Games from the 13th Little Golem TwixtPP Championship
  ==<HR>[http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=605388 Game 605388: György - Klaus]<BR>== ==<HR>[http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=605389 Game 605389: Klaus - Alan]<BR>==
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• Smart Game Format
  .... It's a text-only, tree-based format that was originally designed for the game of [[Go]], but has been adapted for a number of other games including Hex. ...be used for many kinds of tree-like data and is not necessarily limited to game trees.
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• Winning strategy
  ...then the winner of the game is determined, because we can simply play the game to the end, using each player's strategy. Instead of strategies for the whole game (starting from the empty board), we can also consider strategies for specif
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• Games from the 14th Little Golem TwixtPP Championship
  ==<HR>[http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=667520 Game 667520: Klaus - György]<BR>== ==<HR>[http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=667521 Game 667521: György - Alan]<BR>==
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• Commented games
  ! Game !! Date !! Commented by !! Intended audience | [[V vs. H game 1|Vertical vs. Horizontal]] || ca. 1994|| David Boll || ---
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• Move
  * Swapping colors, usually only legal as the second move of a game. * Swapping pieces, usually only legal as the second move of a game.
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• Proverbs
  ...terrestrial. If ever we find an extraterrestrial civilization that plays a game that we also play, it will be Go, without any doubt.''
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• Roland Illig vs. Six 0.5.3, 2007-09-28
  == Game information == [[Category: game record]]
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• Ladder puzzle 2
  ...ce: From [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=137809&nmove=30 game #137809] at [[Little Golem]], after move 30. k3.
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• Glenn C. Rhoads vs. unknown
  == Game information == This game of mine illustrates non-parallel mini-max moves. I was the vertical player
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• Sgf
  #REDIRECT [[smart Game Format]]
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• Connection
  ...nbroken sequence of adjacent pieces of the same color. In order to win the game of Hex, a player must construct a chain connecting her two edges.
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• History of computer Hex
  Hex is a game that was invented by mathematicians and has simple [[rules]], making it rel ...shelevich-01.pdf The Game of Hex: An Automatic Theorem Proving Approach to Game Programming]. See paragraphs 2 and 3 for the first Hex playing machine.
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• Branching factor
  ...nching factor decreases by one with each move. At the beginning of a 13x13 game, the branching factor is 169. The branching factor of a game can provide an estimate of how efficient a brute-force computer algorithm w
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• Why did you start playing Hex
  ...-5668637-5984658?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 A Beautiful Mind] I thought the game may be interesting. ...anted to improve my rating, then I found the simplicity and concept of the game very appealing
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• Hex humor
  === A game of skill and wit === I know a game of skill and wit<br>
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• AND and OR rules
  ...0/AAAI00-029.pdf The Game of Hex: An Automatic Theorem Proving Approach to Game Programming]. In Proceedings of the 17th National Conference on Artificial
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• Irrelevant move
  ...s a response in order to get more time on their clock without changing the game situation. This is risky, though, as the opponent could potentially find a
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• Strong connection
  ...re, Blue has a virtual connection between their two edges, and has won the game. The carrier of the virtual connection is shown in gray.
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• Dead cell
  A dead cell is a cell whose colour does not affect the outcome of the game. More formally, in a given Hex position, a cell is ''dead'' if for every wa Because the colour does not affect the result of the game, dead cells can be treated as if they contained a blue piece or a red piece
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• Ryan Hayward
  ...ated]] cells with the article '''Dead Cell Analysis in Hex and the Shannon Game'''.
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• Havannah
  ...ection game]] created by [[Christian Freeling]]. It can be played on many game sites, including [[Little Golem]] and [[igGameCenter]]. The game is played on a hexagonal board of hexagons. The base-8 and base-10 boards
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• Hexy (iPhone)
  ...tly no relation to the [[Hexy|Windows app]] of the same name) is a [[Hex]] game implementation by Sean Heber and Greg Nichols. It was released in November ...escription of the strength of, or algorithms used by, the AI, although the game's credits screen thanks [[Jack van Rijswijck]], Arthur Vause, [[Vadim Anshe
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• Bridg-It
  '''Bridg-It''', also known as '''Gale''', is a connection game, similar to [[Hex]]. It was invented by the mathematician [[David Gale]], a The game is played on a square board.
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• Piet Hein's puzzles
  ...mal play from both players, the board will be completely filled before the game is over. Which are the two opening moves?
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• Bill LeBoeuf vs. Universidad de Oviedo
  ...e] against the user Ypercube. The students, who were playing as Red in one game and Blue in the other, appear to have initially used a [[copy-cat strategy] == Game information ==
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• Hex Strategy Making the Right Connections
  ...Making the Right Connections" is a valuable resource for understanding the game of [[Hex]], written by Cameron Browne and published in 2000. The book cover ...ers valuable insights and is a worthwhile read for those interested in the game of Hex.
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• IgGameCenter
  '''igGameCenter''' is a special on-line game gadget that allows playing abstract board games with other opponents in rea
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• HexGui
  ...tion by [[Broderick Arneson]] to display a Hex game board, keep track of a game tree (a sequence of moves with variations), load and save games, attach a H
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• Hex Bibliography
  ...ex_book/hexstrat.html Hex: A Strategy Guide]. Online book with interactive game boards, 2019.
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• Mustplay region
  ...lue identify the only possible winning move. Blue will play e5 and win the game. Therefore Blue has no winning moves at all and is losing the game.
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• Niall vs. Halladba, November 2010
  == Game information == * Location: [[Little Golem]], game [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1241590 1241590] in championship 25.2.2
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• Nietsabes vs. Niall, November 2010
  == Game information == * Location: [[Little Golem]], game [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1241576 1241576] in championship 25.2.2
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• James A. Cook vs. Niall, December 2010
  == Game information == * Location: [[Little Golem]], game [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252463 1252463] in July 2010 [[monthly cup]] group 2.1
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• Philip Henderson
  ...yan Hayward]]'s supervision. His thesis title was "Playing and Solving the Game of Hex". ...ps://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~hayward/theses/ph.pdf Playing and Solving the Game of Hex]. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Albert
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• NiallVsWojtex 1252454
  Some plain text notes to myself about the game: http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1252454
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• Niall vs Daniel Sepczuk - Dec 2011
  == Game information == * Location: [[Little Golem]], game [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1401976] in championship 28.1.1
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• University of Alberta
  ...oup at the '''University of Alberta''' is well known for its research into game playing programs. This wiki currently has articles on the following resear
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• Openings on 13 x 13
  ...ight be some useful info to ponder upon. Just don't complain to me if your game is lost because you followed any of my advice. ...ble shows the nine most common answers sorted by their rate of winning the game in the end. Ideas what to play and not to play as third move are collected
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• Jonathan Rydh's strategy guide
  Hex is a game of connections. From here on I will, when discussing blocks and connections ...n fact solid connections if invading these does not have any effect in the game. In these cases you can fill in the gaps with stones and still have an equi
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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
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• 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 ...no longer matters whether it was placed at the beginning or the end of the game. (b) Exactly one empty cell is left. This cannot happen since it is Red's t
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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&times;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
  ...n [https://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=2233736&nmove=10 this game]. After 10. g11, Black would have the easiest time with 11. h9, with 92% wi ** 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
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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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