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By Eric Demer. Red to play the unique losing move.
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Revision as of 21:33, 1 July 2023

Normally, the goal of a puzzle is to find the best move(s) or a winning move. The puzzles on this page have the opposite goal: to find the only losing move.

Puzzle 1

By Eric Demer. Red to play the unique losing move.

abcde12345

(Of the 21 empty cells, 20 are winning moves for Red, and 1 is a losing move for Red.)

Try it on HexWorld.

Puzzle 2

By Hexanna. Red to play the unique losing move.

abcdef123456

Try it on HexWorld.