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Six

2009-12-28T14:44:51Z

Ab:

Six is a free [[Hex]] playing program running on Unix written by Gábor Melis. The currently offered version is 0.5.3. It has won [[ICGA]] Hex tournament in 2003, 2004 and 2006. Six is quite good against human beings too.

==Features==

*It allows playing form [[board size|size]] 4 to 15.
*It offers 4 different skill levels (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert).
*Games as well as positions can be saved.

==Windows Port==
Six has been adapted to Windows by [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/info/player.jsp?plid=6603 ab]. The project came out [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=301 a thread] in the [[Little Golem]] forum. "ab" separated the GUI from the Six engine, thus creating [[HexGui]], inspired by GoGui.

To play the AI:
*Put HexGui.jar and six_gtp_engine.exe in one directory
*Double-click on HexGui.jar (or use "java -jar HexGui.jar")
*File menu / attach / "six_gtp_engine.exe --level=0"
*F5 to make a computer move, or
*Game menu / Computer plays / "Black" or "White" or "Both"

While the computer makes a move, which can take a while at expert level, you cannot access all the program functions.
The two zip files full of source code are unnecessary to play.

==See also==

[[Hexy]] is another Hex playing program. Hexy runs on Microsoft Windows.

[[Roland Illig vs. Six 0.5.3, 2007-09-28]].

==External links==

[http://six.retes.hu/ Six on Gábor Melis page].

[http://mgame99.mg.funpic.de/havannah.php Download Windows version].

[http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/round.php?tournament=100&round=1 8 games between Six and Mangoose] in the 8th Computer Olympiad in Graz (2003).

==References==

[http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=294 Six is pretty damn strong on a fast machine] a forum topic by David J Bush (top hex rating > 2150 on [[Little Golem]]).

[[category:Computer Hex]]
[[category:Hex playing program]]

Swap

2009-12-26T16:58:17Z

Ab: consistency with article 'small boards' (change words also), +spelling

==The rule==
After [[Red]] played the first move [[Blue]] player is asked wether she wants to swap or not, that is to invert the colors or to keep on this way.
[[Swap_rule|Detailled article]].

==Where to swap==
The use of the swap rule is to force the first player to play not too good moves. Therefore it is intersting to find out what are the moves that should be swapped (the best moves), what are moves that should not be swapped (the worse moves), what are the moves for which no answer is known yet.

On every size [[a1_opening|a1]], b1 and symmetrical moves are known losing moves (except 2 x 2, where b1 wins, see [[small boards]]).

*The red marked hexes are to be swapped.

*The blue marked hexes are not to be swapped.

*The star marked hexes are average moves, so the game should be balanced with or without swap.

Hex is not strongly solved on big sizes, therefor the result of [[optimal play]] is not known for every cells.

=== Small Sizes ===

See [[Small boards]] to know which cells lead to victory with optimal play. You might however assume that you and your opponent do not play optimally, and decide to play tricky losing moves in order to trap your opponent !

=== Bigger Sizes ===

[[Theory|Theoritical]] outcome is known for a few cells (for instance a1). For the other cells, stronger players advice can give a hint on whether a move should be swapped or not. One could also try to recognize a pattern in the winning cells for small boards and extrapolate to bigger sizes.

====Size 10====
<hex>R10 C10 Ha1 Hb1 Hc1 Hd1 He1 Hf1 Hg1 Hh1 Hi1 Vj1
Sa2 Sb2 Sc2 Vd2 Ve2 Vf2 Vg2 Vh2 Vi2 Vj2
Sa3 Vb3 Vc3 Vd3 Ve3 Vf3 Vg3 Vh3 Vi3 Vj3
Va4 Vb4 Vc4 Vd4 Ve4 Vf4 Vg4 Vh4 Vi4 Vj4
Va5 Vb5 Vc5 Vd5 Ve5 Vf5 Vg5 Vh5 Vi5 Vj5
Va6 Vb6 Vc6 Vd6 Ve6 Vf6 Vg6 Vh6 Vi6 Vj6
Va7 Vb7 Vc7 Vd7 Ve7 Vf7 Vg7 Vh7 Vi7 Vj7
Va8 Vb8 Vc8 Vd8 Ve8 Vf8 Vg8 Vh8 Vi8 Sj8
Va9 Vb9 Vc9 Vd9 Ve9 Vf9 Vg9 Sh9 Si9 Sj9
Va10 Hb10 Hc10 Hd10 He10 Hf10 Hg10 Hh10 Hi10 Hj10 </hex>

==== Size 14 ====
TODO
==== Size 19 ====
TODO
==See also==

[[Basic (strategy guide)#10_.C3.97_10_swap_rules|Guideline for the 10x10]], in the basic strategy guide.

==External links==

[http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/hde/hex/hexfaq/ A faq about Hex]

[http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~queenbee/openings.html A more complete site] with solution to sizes 7. Beware, the colors are inverted, vertical is blue there.

[[category:opening]]
[[category:Basic Strategy]]

Swap

2009-12-22T20:17:21Z

Ab: consistent with "small boards"?

==The rule==
After [[Red]] played the first move [[Blue]] player is asked wether she wants to swap or not, that is to invert the colors or to keep on this way.
[[Swap_rule|Detailled article]].

==Where to swap==
The use of the swap rule is to force the first player to play not too good moves. Therefore it is intersting to find out what are the moves that should be swapped (the best moves), what are moves that should not be swapped (the worse moves), what are the moves for which no answer is known yet.

On every size [[a1_opening|a1]], b1 and symmetrical moves are known losing moves (except 2 x 2, where b1 wins, see [[small boards]]).

*The red marked hexes are not to be swapped.

*The blue marked hexes are to be swapped.

*The star marked hexes are average moves, so the game should be balanced with or without swap.

Hex is not strongly solved on big sizes, therefor the result of [[optimal play]] is not known for every cells.

=== Small Sizes ===

See [[Small boards]] to know which cells lead to victory with optimal play. You might however assume that you and your opponent do not play optimally, and decide to play tricky losing moves in order to trap you
r opponent !

=== Bigger Sizes ===

[[Theory|Theoritical]] outcome is known for a few cells (for instance a1). For the other cells, stronger players advice can give a hint on wether a move should be swapped or not. One could also try to recognize a pattern in the winning cells for small boards and extrapolate to bigger sizes.

====Size 10====
<hex>R10 C10 Ha1 Hb1 Hc1 Hd1 He1 Hf1 Hg1 Hh1 Hi1 Vj1
Sa2 Sb2 Sc2 Vd2 Ve2 Vf2 Vg2 Vh2 Vi2 Vj2
Sa3 Vb3 Vc3 Vd3 Ve3 Vf3 Vg3 Vh3 Vi3 Vj3
Va4 Vb4 Vc4 Vd4 Ve4 Vf4 Vg4 Vh4 Vi4 Vj4
Va5 Vb5 Vc5 Vd5 Ve5 Vf5 Vg5 Vh5 Vi5 Vj5
Va6 Vb6 Vc6 Vd6 Ve6 Vf6 Vg6 Vh6 Vi6 Vj6
Va7 Vb7 Vc7 Vd7 Ve7 Vf7 Vg7 Vh7 Vi7 Vj7
Va8 Vb8 Vc8 Vd8 Ve8 Vf8 Vg8 Vh8 Vi8 Sj8
Va9 Vb9 Vc9 Vd9 Ve9 Vf9 Vg9 Sh9 Si9 Sj9
Va10 Hb10 Hc10 Hd10 He10 Hf10 Hg10 Hh10 Hi10 Hj10 </hex>

==== Size 14 ====
TODO
==== Size 19 ====
TODO
==See also==

[[Basic (strategy guide)#10_.C3.97_10_swap_rules|Guideline for the 10x10]], in the basic strategy guide.

==External links==

[http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/hde/hex/hexfaq/ A faq about Hex]

[http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~queenbee/openings.html A more complete site] with solution to sizes 7. Beware, the colors are inverted, vertical is blue there.

[[category:opening]]
[[category:Basic Strategy]]

Havannah

2009-12-22T18:11:09Z

Ab:

Havannah is another [[connection game]], that can be played on [[Little Golem]] and [[igGameCenter]].

== Board setting ==

Board 8 looks like this:

<hex>R15 C15
Sg1 Sf2 Se3 Sd4 Sc5 Sb6 Sa7
Si15 Sj14 Sk13 Sl12 Sm11 Sn10 So9
</hex>

== Rules ==

== Links to Problems ==

Some problems have been posted in the littlegolem.net forum, here are links to them:

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=324
Problem 1 (size 8), 2008-11-03 by ypercube

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=329
Problem 2+3 (size 8), 2008-11-17 by jamjam:

Problem 2: tactical corner/3 sides connect

Problem 3: count number of moves to connect!

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=1&topic=1985
Problem 4 (size 8), 2009-03-20 by ypercube

(in General Forum)

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=334
Problem 5 (size 10), 2009-04-20 by Carroll

(#1009271 Pascal Huybers vs. Carroll, the first board)

== Solved board sizes ==

Size 1 and 2:
* first player wins

Solution for size 3:
* first move in corner wins
* other first move loses

Size 4:
* is much more difficult than size 3 and not known yet
* probably most first moves are winning (i.e. should be swapped), however e.g. first move on an edge is not clear

== See Also ==

* [[Y]]

[[category:Other games]]
{{stub}}

Category:History

2009-12-22T18:08:57Z

Ab:

History of Hex.

Category:Strategy

2009-12-22T18:08:36Z

Ab:

Strategy of Hex.

Category:Stub

2009-12-22T18:08:13Z

Ab:

Incomplete pages.

Category:Computer Hex

2009-12-22T18:07:18Z

Ab:

Programming the computer to play hex.

Six

2009-12-22T18:06:40Z

Ab: /* References */

Six is a free [[Hex]] playing program running on Unix written by Gábor Melis. The currently offered version is 0.5.3. It has won [[ICGA]] Hex tournament in 2003, 2004 and 2006. Six is quite good against human beings too.

==Features==

*It allows playing form [[board size|size]] 4 to 15.
*It offers 4 different skill levels.
*Games as well as positions can be saved.

==Windows Port==
Six has been adapted to Windows by [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/info/player.jsp?plid=6603 ab]. The project came out [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=301 a thread] in the [[Little Golem]] forum. "ab" separated the GUI from the Six engine, thus creating [[HexGui]], inspired by GoGui.

To play the AI:
*Put HexGui.jar and six_gtp_engine.exe in one directory
*Double-click on HexGui.jar (or use "java -jar HexGui.jar")
*File menu / attach / "six_gtp_engine.exe --level=0"
*F5 to make a computer move, or
*Game menu / Computer plays / "Black" or "White" or "Both"

While the computer makes a move, which can take a while at expert level, you cannot access all the program functions.
The two zip files full of source code are unnecessary to play.

==See also==

[[Hexy]] is another Hex playing program. Hexy runs on Microsoft Windows.

[[Roland Illig vs. Six 0.5.3, 2007-09-28]].

==External links==

[http://six.retes.hu/ Six on Gábor Melis page].

[http://mgame99.mg.funpic.de/havannah.php Download Windows version].

[http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/round.php?tournament=100&round=1 8 games between Six and Mangoose] in the 8th Computer Olympiad in Graz (2003).

==References==

[http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=294 Six is pretty damn strong on a fast machine] a forum topic by David J Bush (top hex rating > 2150 on [[Little Golem]]).

[[category:Computer Hex]]
[[category:Hex playing program]]

Online playing

2009-12-19T16:36:00Z

Ab: +havannah.vying.org

Hex can be played online either using a web-based format or via e-mail.

=Web-based games=

Web-based games can be played either in ''real-time'', where moves are made within minutes (or even seconds), or ''turn-based'', where a player has days for one move.

==Realtime playing sites==

The most popular sites are
* [[boardspace]] for real-time play
* http://www.ludoteka.com/ for real-time play
* http://games.wtanaka.com/hex for real-time or turn-based play
* [[igGameCenter]] (http://www.iggamecenter.com/) for real-time play, with time settings, and ranking.
* http://havannah.vying.org for real-time play (Hex/Havannah)

==Turn-based playing sites==

* [[Little Golem]] for turn-based play
* Less popular but also turn based is [http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv Richard's server]. One can play completely by e-mail, but it also has a [http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/List.php?Hex graphical interface] now. Furthermore any sized board is supported.

=E-mail-based games=

Hex may also be played over e-mail, in a turn-based fashion. The board can be represented in ASCII using either the full or compact formats below. The full layout is rotated 90 degrees from the compact one. (A fixed-width font is required for either board to display correctly in an e-mail client.)

<pre>
Full layout:

O _ X
O _/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
_/ \_/ \_/O\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_
/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \
\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/
X\_/ \_/ \_/O\_/O\_/X\_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/X\_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/O
X\_/O

Compact layout:
/.\
/. .\
/. . .\
X /. . . .\ O
/. . . . .\
/. . . O . .\
/. . O . . . .\
/. . . . . . . .\
. . X O X . . . .
\. . . . . . . ./
\. . X . . . ./
\. . . . . ./
\. . . . ./
O \. . . ./ X
\. . ./
\. ./
\./
</pre>

[[category: Hex community]]
[[category: online play]]

Online playing

2009-12-19T16:33:42Z

Ab: separate sections

Hex can be played online either using a web-based format or via e-mail.

=Web-based games=

Web-based games can be played either in ''real-time'', where moves are made within minutes (or even seconds), or ''turn-based'', where a player has days for one move.

==Realtime playing sites==

The most popular sites are
* [[boardspace]] (http://boardspace.net/) for real-time play
* http://www.ludoteka.com/ for real-time play
* http://games.wtanaka.com/hex for real-time or turn-based play
* [[igGameCenter]] (http://www.iggamecenter.com/) for real-time play, with time settings, and ranking.

==Turn-based playing sites==

* [[Little Golem]] for turn-based play
* Less popular but also turn based is [http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv Richard's server]. One can play completely by e-mail, but it also has a [http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/List.php?Hex graphical interface] now. Furthermore any sized board is supported.

=E-mail-based games=

Hex may also be played over e-mail, in a turn-based fashion. The board can be represented in ASCII using either the full or compact formats below. The full layout is rotated 90 degrees from the compact one. (A fixed-width font is required for either board to display correctly in an e-mail client.)

<pre>
Full layout:

O _ X
O _/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
_/ \_/ \_/O\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_
/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \
\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/
X\_/ \_/ \_/O\_/O\_/X\_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/X\_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/O
X\_/O

Compact layout:
/.\
/. .\
/. . .\
X /. . . .\ O
/. . . . .\
/. . . O . .\
/. . O . . . .\
/. . . . . . . .\
. . X O X . . . .
\. . . . . . . ./
\. . X . . . ./
\. . . . . ./
\. . . . ./
O \. . . ./ X
\. . ./
\. ./
\./
</pre>

[[category: Hex community]]
[[category: online play]]

Category:Hex community

2009-12-19T16:24:39Z

Ab: cat descr

Events and meeting places belong in this category

Boardspace

2009-12-19T16:22:48Z

Ab: +cat: online play

'''boardspace''' Boardspace.net is a web site devoted to realtime play of abstract strategy games, including Hex. It's all free, and there is no advertising.

The standard variation at Boardspace is 11x11, but 15x15 and 19x19 are also available. All games are recorded
and reviewable.

Most players speak English, but French is also common.

== Addresses ==
* http://boardspace.net/ — Boardspace.net home page
* http://boardspace.net/english/about_hex.html — Hex home page
* 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

[[category:hex community]]
[[category: online play]]

Playsite

2009-12-19T16:22:15Z

Ab: +cat: online play

Playsite (playsite.com) once hosted online real-time hex play in board sizes 10x10, 14x14, and 18x18. Hex attracted fewer players than other games offered on Playsite and was discontinued around 2004.

[[category:hex community]]
[[category: online play]]

IgGameCenter

2009-12-19T16:21:54Z

Ab: +cat: online play

'''igGameCenter''' is a special on-line game gadget that allows playing abstract board games with other opponents in real-time directly from the site or from the Google Personalized Homepage.

There are [http://www.iggamecenter.com/rules.html 80 games] available at igGameCenter at the moment and the number is growing all the time. Among the games there are 13 different [[Connection_game|connection games]] that can be played on igGameCenter in real-time:

* [[Atoll]]
* [[CrossWay]]
* [[Gonnect]]
* [[Havannah]]
* [[Hex]]
* [[Master Y]]
* [[Metamorphosis]]
* [[Mind Ninja]]
* [[Quax]]
* [[Pex]]
* [[Twixt]]
* [[Unlur]]
* [[Y]]

== Hex ==

Hex can be played with various size (8x8, 9x9, 10x10, 11x11, 12x12, 13x13, 14x14, 15x15 and 19x19) and using the [[swap]] rule.

== Twixt ==

Twixt can be played with various size (18x18 and 24x24) and using the [[swap]] rule. There is an option of playing Twixt with a move or rows handicap.

== See also ==

The creator of igGC: [[user:Artyomch | Arty Sandler]].

== External links ==

* [http://www.iggamecenter.com/ igGameCenter]

[[category:Hex community]]
[[category: online play]]

Online playing

2009-12-19T16:21:22Z

Ab: +cat: online play

Hex can be played online either using a web-based format or via e-mail.

==Web-based games==
Web-based games can be played either in ''real-time'', where moves are made within minutes (or even seconds), or ''turn-based'', where a player has days for one move.

The most popular sites are
* [[boardspace]] for real-time play
* http://www.ludoteka.com/ for real-time play
* http://games.wtanaka.com/hex for real-time or turn-based play
* [[Little Golem]] for turn-based play
* less popular but also turn based is [http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv Richard's server]. One can play completely by e-mail, but it also has a [http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/List.php?Hex graphical interface] now. Furthermore any sized board is supported.
* [[igGameCenter]] (http://www.iggamecenter.com/) for real-time play, with time settings, and ranking.

==E-mail-based games==

Hex may also be played over e-mail, in a turn-based fashion. The board can be represented in ASCII using either the full or compact formats below. The full layout is rotated 90 degrees from the compact one. (A fixed-width font is required for either board to display correctly in an e-mail client.)

<pre>
Full layout:

O _ X
O _/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
_/ \_/ \_/O\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_
/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \
\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/
X\_/ \_/ \_/O\_/O\_/X\_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/X\_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/ \_/O
X\_/ \_/O
X\_/O

Compact layout:
/.\
/. .\
/. . .\
X /. . . .\ O
/. . . . .\
/. . . O . .\
/. . O . . . .\
/. . . . . . . .\
. . X O X . . . .
\. . . . . . . ./
\. . X . . . ./
\. . . . . ./
\. . . . ./
O \. . . ./ X
\. . ./
\. ./
\./
</pre>

[[category: Hex community]]
[[category: online play]]

Kurnik

2009-12-19T16:20:19Z

Ab: +cat: online play

<div style="float:right;margin-left:1em">
[[Image:Kurnik.gif|200px|kurnik logo]]
</div>

Up to June 2008, '''Kurnik''' has been a major site for playing [[Hex]] online. Then, Hex has been abandoned due to "low interest".

[[category:hex community]]
[[category: online play]]

Category:Online play

2009-12-19T16:19:36Z

Ab: create

Sites which feature "turnbased" or "realtime" play are in this category.

Little Golem

2009-12-19T16:18:20Z

Ab: +cat: online play

'''Little Golem''', often abreviated '''LG''', is a [[turn-based]] server maintained by [[Richard Malaschitz]] from [[Wikipedia:Slovakia|Slovakia]]. It offers [[Hex]] on the [[board size|sizes]] 13 and 19, and many of the [[top players]] are playing there.

In fact, the most prestigous title in the Hex world today, may very well be the [[Champion]] title at Little Golem. It is currently held by [[nie_wiesz]].

Other games available on Little Golem include [[Go]], [[Chess]], [[Twixt]], [[Havannah]], Reversi, Dvonn, Amazons, Golem's word game, Four in a row, Gomoku, Street Soccer and Dots and Boxes.

== Tournaments ==

Little Golem offers several ways of meeting opponents.
* Rated tournaments
* Monthly cups
* Championship

== The Forum ==

One distinctive feature of LG is the forum it provides. Many interesting discussion occur there, and actually [[HexWiki:About|HexWiki]] originates from the forum!

== See also ==

For real-time hex games, [[Kurnik]] used to be the most popular site.

== External links ==
* The address is [http://www.littlegolem.net littlegolem.net].
*[http://www.edcollins.com/golem/ Ed Collins' great FAQ] on Little Golem

[[category: hex community]]
[[category: other games]]
[[category: online play]]

Havannah

2009-06-05T21:29:25Z

Ab:

Havannah is another [[connection game]], that can be played on [[Little Golem]] and [[igGameCenter]].

== Board setting ==

Board 8:

<hex>R15 C15
Sg1 Sf2 Se3 Sd4 Sc5 Sb6 Sa7
Si15 Sj14 Sk13 Sl12 Sm11 Sn10 So9
</hex>

== Rules ==

== Links to Problems ==

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=324
Problem 1 (size 8), 2008-11-03 by ypercube

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=329
Problem 2+3 (size 8), 2008-11-17 by jamjam:

Problem 2: tactical corner/3 sides connect

Problem 3: count number of moves to connect!

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=1&topic=1985
Problem 4 (size 8), 2009-03-20 by ypercube

(in General Forum)

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=334
Problem 5 (size 10), 2009-04-20 by Carroll

(#1009271 Pascal Huybers vs. Carroll, the first board)

== Solutions ==

Size 1 and 2:
* first player wins

Solution for size 3:
* first move in corner wins
* other first move loses

Size 4:
* is much more difficult than size 3 and not known yet
* probably most first moves are winning (i.e. should be swapped), however e.g. first move on an edge is not clear

== See Also ==

* [[Y]]

[[category:Other games]]
{{stub}}

Havannah

2009-05-18T21:08:47Z

Ab:

Havannah is another [[connection game]], that can be played on [[Little Golem]] and [[igGameCenter]].

== Board setting ==

Board 8:

<hex>R15 C15
Sg1 Sf2 Se3 Sd4 Sc5 Sb6 Sa7
Si15 Sj14 Sk13 Sl12 Sm11 Sn10 So9
</hex>

== Rules ==

== Links to Problems ==

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=324
Problem 1 (size 8), 2008-11-03 by ypercube

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=329
Problem 2+3 (size 8), 2008-11-17 by jamjam:

Problem 2: tactical corner/3 sides connect

Problem 3: count number of moves to connect!

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=1&topic=1985
Problem 4 (size 8), 2009-03-20 by ypercube

(in General Forum)

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=334
Problem 5 (size 10), 2009-04-20 by Carroll

(#1009271 Pascal Huybers vs. Carroll, the first board)

== See Also ==

* [[Y]]

[[category:Other games]]
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HexGui

2009-01-22T00:40:52Z

Ab:

HexGui is a modified version of the application GoGui, for the game Hex. It was created mainly to have a Windows version of the open source engine [[Six]] (originally a KDE-Application by Gábor Melis).

GoGui is a tool for Go programmers and players, to display Go game trees, save them in .sgf format, attach an engine and debug it (analyze mode). Also some smaller non-GUI tools like TwoGtp (test two engines against each other) are included. GoGui is an open source application, written in Java, by Markus Enzenberger.

In HexGui, some features were removed (e.g. "set up" a position), and tools like TwoGtp may be untested, but could quite easily be made working again.

Link: [http://mgame99.mg.funpic.de/hex.php HexGui homepage]

References:
http://gogui.sourceforge.net/,
http://six.retes.hu/

Six

2009-01-22T00:40:23Z

Ab: /* Windows Port */

Six is a free [[Hex]] playing program running on Unix written by Gábor Melis. The currently offered version is 0.5.3. It has won [[ICGA]] Hex tournament in 2003, 2004 and 2006. Six is quite good against human beings too.

==Features==

*It allows playing form [[board size|size]] 4 to 15.
*It offers 4 different skill levels.
*Games as well as positions can be saved.

==Windows Port==
Six has been adapted to Windows by [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/info/player.jsp?plid=6603 ab]. The project came out [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=301 a thread] in the [[Little Golem]] forum. "ab" separated the GUI from the Six engine, thus creating [[HexGui]], inspired by GoGui.

To play the AI:
*Put HexGui.jar and six_gtp_engine.exe in one directory
*Double-click on HexGui.jar (or use "java -jar HexGui.jar")
*File menu / attach / "six_gtp_engine.exe --level=0"
*F5 to make a computer move, or
*Game menu / Computer plays / "Black" or "White" or "Both"

While the computer makes a move, which can take a while at expert level, you cannot access all the program functions.
The two zip files full of source code are unnecessary to play.

==See also==

[[Hexy]] is another Hex playing program. Hexy runs on Microsoft Windows.

[[Roland Illig vs. Six 0.5.3, 2007-09-28]].

==External links==

[http://six.retes.hu/ Six on Gábor Melis page].

[http://mgame99.mg.funpic.de/havannah.php Download Windows version].

[http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/round.php?tournament=100&round=1 8 games between Six and Mangoose] in the 8th Computer Olympiad in Graz (2003).

==References==

[http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=294 Six is pretty damn strong on a fast machine] a forum topic by David J Bush (top hex rating > 2150 on [[Little Golem]]).

[[category:Computer Hex]]

HexGui

2009-01-22T00:35:21Z

Ab: /* HexGui */

HexGui is a modified version of the application GoGui, for the game Hex. It was created mainly to have a Windows version of the open source engine Six (originally a KDE-Application by Gábor Melis).

GoGui is a tool for Go programmers and players, to display Go game trees, save them in .sgf format, attach an engine and debug it (analyze mode). Also some smaller non-GUI tools like TwoGtp (test two engines against each other) are included. GoGui is an open source application, written in Java, by Markus Enzenberger.

In HexGui, some features were removed (e.g. "set up" a position), and tools like TwoGtp may be untested, but could quite easily be made working again.

Link: [http://mgame99.mg.funpic.de/hex.php HexGui homepage]

References:
http://gogui.sourceforge.net/,
http://six.retes.hu/

HexGui

2009-01-22T00:35:02Z

Ab:

== HexGui ==

HexGui is a modified version of the application GoGui, for the game Hex. It was created mainly to have a Windows version of the open source engine Six (originally a KDE-Application by Gábor Melis).

GoGui is a tool for Go programmers and players, to display Go game trees, save them in .sgf format, attach an engine and debug it (analyze mode). Also some smaller non-GUI tools like TwoGtp (test two engines against each other) are included. GoGui is an open source application, written in Java, by Markus Enzenberger.

In HexGui, some features were removed (e.g. "set up" a position), and tools like TwoGtp may be untested, but could quite easily be made working again.

Link: [http://mgame99.mg.funpic.de/hex.php HexGui homepage]

References:
http://gogui.sourceforge.net/,
http://six.retes.hu/

Havannah

2008-11-18T04:46:27Z

Ab:

Board 8:

<hex>R15 C15
Sg1 Sf2 Se3 Sd4 Sc5 Sb6 Sa7
Si15 Sj14 Sk13 Sl12 Sm11 Sn10 So9
</hex>

Six

2008-01-17T17:33:44Z

Ab:

Six is a free [[Hex]] playing program running on Unix written by Gábor Melis. The currently offered version is 0.5.3. It has won [[ICGA]] Hex tournament in 2003, 2004 and 2006. Six is quite good against human beings too.

Six has been adapted to Windows by "ab". The project came out this thread [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=301] in [[Little Golem]] forum. It is now freely available on Windows too. "Ab" separated the GUI from six engine, thus creating HexGui, inspired by GoGui.

==Features==

*It allows playing form [[board size|size]] 4 to 15.
*It offers 4 different skill levels.
*Games as well as positions can be saved.

==See also==

[[Hexy]] is another Hex playing program. Hexy runs on Microsoft Windows.

[[Roland Illig vs. Six 0.5.3, 2007-09-28]].

==External links==

[http://six.retes.hu/ Six on Gábor Melis page].

[http://mgame99.mg.funpic.de/havannah.php Download Windows version].

[http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/round.php?tournament=100&round=1 8 games between Six and Mangoose] in the 8th Computer Olympiad in Graz (2003).

==References==

[http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/forum/topic2.jsp?forum=50&topic=294 Six is pretty damn strong on a fast machine] a forum topic by David J Bush (top hex rating > 2150 on [[Little Golem]]).

[[category:Computer Hex]]