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  • * If Red plays at d5, Red is connected via a 3rd row [[ladder]], using f6 as a [[ladder escape]]. In this case, the carrier cons * a6, connecting via a 2nd row [[ladder]] and [[ladder escape]]: <hexboard size="7x7"
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  • Template IV1-b is a 4th row [[edge template]] with 1 stone.
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  • Now the ladder continues from right to the left on the 4th row: ...of the board) escapes 2nd row ladders. It can also be used as a 3rd-to-5th row switchback:
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  • === Second row === === Third row ===
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  • By default, coordinates (row numbers and column letters) are shown along the top and left edges. This ca
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  • ...''' can be used as second row ladder escape and will ''help'' getting down third and fourth rows as well. Personally, I don't swap '''A3''' and '''B2''' as ...yer's '''K10''' and '''J9'''. One reason these are good as both second and third moves are the one-stone templates:
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  • # Is this because 1 is a fifth row template? * Blue can achieve a pair of 3rd row ladders along the right edge, one in each direction, via a [[Ladder_creatio
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  • ...s are specified, such as in "b3" where the column "b" is listed before the row "3". The columns-before-rows convention is also used for specifying board s ! scope="row" | k=1
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  • == Single-stone templates to connect a 7th row ladder == Say that Red is laddering along the 4th row and Blue suddenly decides to play elsewhere (move 1 in the position below).
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  • Template III2-a is a 3rd row [[edge template]] with 2 stones.
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  • Edge template III2-b is a 3rd row [[edge template]] with 2 stones.
    745 B (118 words) - 04:54, 9 December 2020
  • Template III2-c is a 3rd row [[edge template]] with 2 stones.
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  • Template III2-d is a 3rd row [[edge template]] with two stones:
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  • Edge template III-2e is a 3rd row [[edge template]] with two stones. Red can guarantee connecting both stones
    968 B (168 words) - 00:59, 8 December 2020
  • Template III2-f is a 3rd row [[edge template]] with 2 stones.
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  • == Fourth row edge templates with one stone == == Fourth row edge templates with two stones ==
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  • ...a 4th row [[edge template]] with one stone. It uses some space on the 5th row. The shaded hex is not part of the template and can be occupied by Blue.
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  • Template IV2-c is a 4th row [[edge template]] with 2 stones.
    733 B (130 words) - 18:38, 11 December 2020
  • Edge template IV-2d is a 4th row [[edge template]] with 2 stones.
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  • Template IV2-e is a 4th row [[edge template]] with 2 stones. The shaded cell is not part of the templat The red stone on the 2nd row is already connected to the edge, so Blue must play 1 for any blocking atte
    660 B (114 words) - 00:45, 12 December 2023
  • Template IV2-f is a 4th row [[edge template]] with 2 stones.
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  • Template IV2-g is a 4th row [[edge template]] with 2 stones.
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  • Template IV2-h is a 4th row [[edge template]] with 2 stones.
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  • Template IV2-j is a 4th row [[edge template]] with 2 stones.
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  • Template IV2-k is a 4th row [[edge template]] with 2 stones.
    2 KB (382 words) - 17:52, 10 December 2020
  • Template IV2-l is a 4th row [[edge template]] with 2 stones.
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  • Template IV3-a is a 4th row [[edge template]] with 3 stones:
    2 KB (361 words) - 18:09, 11 December 2020
  • Template IV3-b is a 4th row [[edge template]] with 3 stones.
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  • Template IV3c is a 3-stone 4th row [[edge template]]:
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  • ...rn can be of any size -- for example here is a pattern: a single-stone 6th row [[edge template]].
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  • ...sue of how one can check in a finite time whether a given pattern is a 4th row ladder escape. ...n which is currently unresolved. It may in theory be that there are no 7th row ladders at all.
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  • == Fifth row edge templates with one stone == ...nsidered 5th row templates because the stone to be connected is on the 5th row.
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  • Edge template V1b is a 5th row edge template with 1 stone. If Blue intrudes at a, Red can start by forcing a 3rd or 2nd row ladder like this
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  • Template V1-c is a 5th row [[edge template]] with one stone. Move 10 is like [[Tom's move]], except for a 3rd-and-5th row parallel ladder. Then play continues:
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  • ...he right, but after 1 and 2, a red ladder towards the right would be a 3rd row ladder. ...cessarily mean the peep was bad. For example, Red could be fine with a 3rd row ladder, and Red can now get c2 before pushing the ladder:
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  • ...we mean a [[ladder escape]] for certain ladders (e.g., 2nd row ladder, 3rd row ladder). When we say "Blue has an escape on the bottom", we mean that Blue == 4th row josekis ==
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  • 2 rows away: This hardly needs explaining, but suppose Red was one row from If Blue moves to D6 or C7, Red responds F5 and has 3rd row template.
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  • ...ly [[#Interior templates from edge templates|interior versions]] of second row ladder escapes. Since a solid row of stones of the same color acts pretty much like an edge, all edge templat
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  • Template V2-c is a 5th row [[edge template]] with 2 stones.
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  • ...it''': There is no explicit passing move, but a player can move twice in a row (presumably when the other player allows it).
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  • The most common example of capture is the second row edge template Based on the example of the 2nd row edge template above, one may wonder whether cells that are part of a templa
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  • Here, X captures the entire bottom row, so X capture-dominates Y. But X does not switch-dominate Y; for example, i
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  • ...ects at D. By further intruding into Red's bridge, Blue gets at most a 2nd row [[ladder escape]] along the right edge: ...(near the edge of the template), Red reconnects at F, and Blue gets a 3rd row ladder escape. This is better for Blue.
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  • ...eve a 3rd row ladder escape, but Blue may prefer it if Red only gets a 2nd row ladder escape. ...mething worse). If both players play optimally, Red will get exactly a 3rd row ladder.
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  • ...t they can pull off a win even if the opponent gets two or more moves in a row. In that case, the player may choose to pass as a way of demonstrating the
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  • ...Red a second-row [[ladder]], and the other red stone acts as a 2nd-to-4th row [[switchback]], connecting to "1". The following is the best Blue can do (i
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  • A '''rank''' or '''row''' of the board is a line of hexes parallel to a red (or first player) edge
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  • ...t the template is a 3rd row template (but may, for example, generate a 2nd row ladder). === Ladder creation templates on the 2nd row ===
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  • ...e to play elsewhere on the board. However, this would leave Red with a 2nd row [[ladder escape]] along the bottom edge. While this ladder escape may not l ...connect to the bottom edge. Blue responds at 2. This will result in a 2nd row [[ladder]] along the bottom edge.
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  • ...row_edge_templates#V-2-m|edge template V2m]]. If Blue plays 4 on the first row instead, Red connects by [[Tom's move]]: * [[Tom's move]] (for 2nd and 4th row parallel ladders)
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