The Hungarian (opening) - Revision history

Selinger: Changed "few years ago" to "many years ago" (+16 years), and editing.

2023-05-28T04:58:42Z

Changed "few years ago" to "many years ago" (+16 years), and editing.

Halladba: category -> opening

2007-12-12T12:09:30Z

category -> opening

Halladba: numbered the moves

2007-12-12T12:03:28Z

numbered the moves

Turing: Copied/adapted page from http://hexwiki.tk

2005-02-10T06:35:04Z

Copied/adapted page from http://hexwiki.tk

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'''The Hungarian opening''' is an [[opening]] on the [[board]] of [[Size 10 board|size 10]]. It was very popular on [[Playsite]] a few years ago, but has become less so, perhaps because it gives one of the players too big an advantage, but also because Hex players have become less focused on the centre in the opening. This is probably one of the most [[Analysis|analysed]] opening lines.

The three first moves are as follows:

<hex>R10 C10 Q1 Vj9 Hf5 Vd5</hex>

The most common continuation is as follows;

<hex>R10 C10 Q1 Vj9 Hf5 Vd5 Hd6 Ve5 He6 Sb7</hex>

Now [[Red (player)|Red]] may play at the star. The two pieces at d5 and e5 are a great help for connecting to the [[Top edge|top]], and the [[outpost]] at the bottom right helps to connect to the [[Bottom edge|bottom]]. The position is very difficult for [[Blue (player)|Blue]] at the moment.

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-'''The Hungarian opening''' is an [[opening]] on the [[board]] of [[Size 10 board|size 10]]. It was very popular on [[Playsite]] a few years ago, but has become less so, perhaps because it gives one of the players too big an advantage, but also because Hex players have become less focused on the centre in the opening. This is probably one of the most [[Analysis|analysed]] opening lines.
+'''The Hungarian opening''' is an [[opening]] on the [[board]] of size 10. It was very popular on [[Playsite]] many years ago, but is now obsolete, since 10x10 Hex is no longer commonly played. The opening also lost popularity because it gives Red too big an advantage, and also because players became less focused on the centre in the opening. At one time, this was probably one of the most analysed opening lines.
 The three first moves are as follows:
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 <hex>R10 C10 Q1 Vj9 Hf5 Vd5 MB M4d6 Me5 Me6 Sb7</hex>
-Now [[Red (player)|Red]] may play at the star. The two pieces at d5 and e5 are a great help for connecting to the [[Top edge|top]], and the [[outpost]] at the bottom right helps to connect to the [[Bottom edge|bottom]]. The position is very difficult for [[Blue (player)|Blue]] at the moment.
+Now [[Red (player)|Red]] may play at the star. The two pieces at d5 and e5 are a great help for connecting to the top, and the [[outpost]] at the bottom right helps to connect to the bottom. The position is very difficult for [[Blue (player)|Blue]] at the moment.
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	Now [[Red (player)\|Red]] may play at the star. The two pieces at d5 and e5 are a great help for connecting to the [[Top edge\|top]], and the [[outpost]] at the bottom right helps to connect to the [[Bottom edge\|bottom]]. The position is very difficult for [[Blue (player)\|Blue]] at the moment.		Now [[Red (player)\|Red]] may play at the star. The two pieces at d5 and e5 are a great help for connecting to the [[Top edge\|top]], and the [[outpost]] at the bottom right helps to connect to the [[Bottom edge\|bottom]]. The position is very difficult for [[Blue (player)\|Blue]] at the moment.
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 The three first moves are as follows:
-<hex>R10 C10 Q1 Vj9 Hf5 Vd5</hex>
+<hex>R10 C10 Q1 N:on
 The most common continuation is as follows;
-<hex>R10 C10 Q1 Vj9 Hf5 Vd5 Hd6 Ve5 He6 Sb7</hex>
+<hex>R10 C10 Q1 Vj9 Hf5 Vd5 MB M4d6 Me5 Me6 Sb7</hex>
 Now [[Red (player)|Red]] may play at the star. The two pieces at d5 and e5 are a great help for connecting to the [[Top edge|top]], and the [[outpost]] at the bottom right helps to connect to the [[Bottom edge|bottom]]. The position is very difficult for [[Blue (player)|Blue]] at the moment.