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• Dead cell
  ...d and blue pieces, the winner remains the same when the colour of the dead cell is changed from red to blue or vice versa. A cell that is not dead is ''alive''.
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• Captured cell
  ...ured'' by a player if all of the opponent's pieces in that area are [[dead cell|dead]], and for any possible move by the opponent in the area, the player h ...d cells are captured by Red. If Blue plays at a, Red can play at b, [[dead cell|killing]] a.
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• Dominated cell
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• Swap rule
  ...d in a red cell is probably winning and should be swapped; those in a blue cell are probably losing and should not be swapped; and those marked "*", which
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• Edge templates with one stone
  The shaded cell is not part of the template and can be occupied by Blue. The shaded cell is not part of the template and can be occupied by Blue.
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• Useless triangle
  The important point is that the piece in a useless triangle is [[dead cell|dead]]. It has effectively been removed from the game — that is, it canno ...eless triangle is a special case of the more general concept of [[captured cell|capture]].
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• Forcing move
  In other words, c [[dominated cell|dominates]] a and b.
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• Edge template II
  ...ther templates, the 2nd row edge template [[captured cell|captures]] every cell in its carrier. It therefore offers no useful [[intrusion]] points to the o
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• Multiple threat
  ...verlapping'''; each of the three threatened connections passes through the cell c3. Therefore, by moving at c3, Blue can neutralize all three threats at th
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• Minimaxing
  ...in the other cell, which not only reconnects the template but also [[dead cell|kills]] the opponent's piece. * Red e2 [[captured cell|captures]] d3 and e3 and [[dead cell|kills]] c1: <hexboard size="3x6"
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• Ladder escape template
  ...can [[jumping|jump]] ahead to the escape template by playing at the marked cell.
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• A1 opening
  ...hey had blue pieces in them. This makes the red pieces at a1 and b1 [[dead cell|dead]]. Therefore, after Blue's move at b2, the position is strategically e
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• Wall
  A wall can contain one-cell holes without affecting its function, as long as the whole wall is a single
  1 KB (269 words) - 22:32, 19 May 2022
• Local play
  ...up or template. For example, if the opponent places a stone in a key empty cell that is necessary for a player's group to maintain its connection, the play
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• Attack zone
  ...ge if a straight line of diagonal [[bridge]] jumps can be made between the cell and the edge: A cell is '''doubly reachable''' if diagonals can be made in both directions:
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• Sixth row template problem
  ...enerally, it is still unknown whether one stone edge templates that use no cell higher than the initial stone can be found for all heights. Such [[edge tem
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• Strategy
  * [[Captured cell]]s * [[Dead cell]]s
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• Template
  Two templates '''overlap''' if some empty cell belongs to both of their carriers. Care must be taken with overlapping temp
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• Foiling
  However it does not secure Red a connection, because there is one vulnerable cell, namely e7: * A ladder escape fork on the third row is unfoilable if the cell marked "*" is empty, and is not required for the "connection up":
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• Trapezoid
  if Red does, then Red should play *, because this [[captured cell|captures]] the rest of the carrier.
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• Hex theory
  ...all red cells that are connected to Red's top edge. If this set contains a cell on Red's bottom edge, then Red is the winner. Otherwise, Blue has a winning ...enever Red plays in a numbered cell, Blue responds by playing in the other cell of the same number. After filling all of the cells in this way, Red cannot
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• Open problems
  ...there is an ''n'' such that for any [[Board]] of size at least ''n'' that cell is a losing [[opening|opening move]]?
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• Solutions to puzzles
  ...]] there ''other than'' at ''*'', then Blue responding at ''*'' [[Captured cell|captures]] those 6 cells. If Red [[Intrusion|intrudes]] at ''*'' ''before' ...respond to c3 with d3. In each case, Blue will have d2 and d4 [[Captured cell|captured]] to the right edge, so Red must defend against c1. If Red does s
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• Equivalent patterns
  ...th the first rows next to each edge filled with friendly pieces and [[dead cell]]s at the vertex cells (or equivalently either red or blue pieces at any of Cells that are [[Captured cell|captured]] by one player can be filled in with stones of that player's colo
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• Small boards
  Size 7 was first solved by [[Ryan Hayward]] using [[dominated cell|domination]]. The proof tree can be found at http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~hay ...Note this does '''not''' mean that the bot is at least 94.4% sure of each cell's outcome, only that it thinks it has a 94.4% win rate with the winning sid
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• Pairing strategy
  ...pair. The player then plays as follows: whenever the opponent occupies one cell of a pair, the player occupies the other. In the bridge, there is only one pair, and if Blue plays in one cell, Red plays in the other.
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• Variants using the same equipment
  ...tion, Black's optimal move is the same as White's optimal move, and is the cell most likely to change the outcome when the rest of the board is randomly fi
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• Team Tournament 1
  <P align=center>White cell: US player moved first<br> Grey cell: Polish player moved first<br>Result: US player\Polish player<BR><BR>
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• Smart Game Format
  ...habet numbers, i.e., the next columns after 'z' are 'aa', 'ab', 'ac', etc. Cell names are case insensitive. Examples: <code>[a1]</code>, <code>[f6]</code>, ...iginal game. See [[conventions]] for more information on player colors and cell numbering.
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• Move
  * Placing a stone on an empty cell of the board.
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• Branching factor
  ...mustplay region]], computing [[captured cell]]s, and computing [[dominated cell|dominated moves]] can be used to reduce the number of moves that must be co
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• AND and OR rules
  ...'E''ₙ is a semi-connection from ''x'' to ''y'', and if there is no empty cell that is common to all of their carriers, then their union forms a virtual c
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• Edge template III1b
  Template III1-b is a 3rd row [[edge template]] with one stone. The shaded cell is not part of the template and can be occupied by Blue.
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• Irrelevant move
  ...n example of this is the [[useless triangle]]. If a player plays in a dead cell, the opponent does not have to respond, i.e., the situation is as if the pl ...ample of an irrelevant move is a move in a cell that is already [[captured cell|captured]] by the same player. Such moves can also be ignored by the oppone
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• Dead cell
  ...d and blue pieces, the winner remains the same when the colour of the dead cell is changed from red to blue or vice versa. A cell that is not dead is ''alive''.
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• Ryan Hayward
  ...ell|dead]] and [[dominated cell|dominated]] cells with the article '''Dead Cell Analysis in Hex and the Shannon Game'''.
  765 B (112 words) - 19:21, 28 December 2020
• Havannah
  On Black's turn, he or she places a black piece on an empty cell; White does the same with a white piece. * a '''ring''': a connected chain that has at least one cell (empty or not) on its interior
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• Bill LeBoeuf vs. Universidad de Oviedo
  ...e: another way to explain this is that g12 dominates h11. See [[dominated cell]]).</p>
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• Mustplay region
  ...n further, it helps to consider [[captured cell|captured]] and [[dominated cell|dominated]] cells. In the above example, d1, e1, e7, and f7 are captured b The only empty cell in the carrier of all three threats is b5, hence Blue's mustplay region con
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• Switchback
  A single piece at a3 (or at the equivalent cell on the opposite site of the board) escapes 2nd row ladders. It can also be ...n the first example above that a single Red piece at a4 (or the equivalent cell on the opposite side of the board) can be used as a 2nd-to-4th row switchba
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• New board diagrams
  * E (to mark a cell as empty) * S (to mark a cell as shaded &mdash; see [[#Shading]] below)
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• The new HexWiki
  ...t presently support, including shading cells and showing partial boards. (Cell shading seems to be particularly desired; see e.g. [[Edge templates everybo
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• Parallelogram boards
  ...vious that Blue's virtual connection requires ''n'' stones, because if any cell is left empty, Red will win in one move.
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• Edge template III2c
  The shaded cell is not part of the template and can be occupied by Blue.
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• Fourth row edge templates
  The shaded cell is not part of the template; it can be occupied by Blue. ...these. The leftmost stone is already connected to the bottom by [[captured cell|capture]] and Red can always maintain its connection.
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• Edge template IV2c
  The shaded cell is not part of the template and can be occupied by Blue.
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• Edge template IV2e
  Template IV2-e is a 4th row [[edge template]] with 2 stones. The shaded cell is not part of the template and can be occupied by Blue.
  660 B (114 words) - 00:45, 12 December 2023
• Edge template IV2l
  ...at least two of those three are still available. Also, since d3 [[captured cell|captures]] c4 and d4, the overlap between edge template IV2d and edge templ
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• Edge template IV3b
  The shaded cell is not part of the template and can be occupied by Blue.
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• Theory of ladder escapes
  ..."+" is no longer part of the pattern (i.e., it is not replaced by an empty cell). For example: ...by ''m'' cells to the left, then reducing the size of that boundary by one cell, and then shifting it by another ''n'' cells to the left. For example:
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• Fifth row edge templates
  The shaded cell is not part of the template. It can be occupied by Blue. The shaded cell is not part of the template. It can be occupied by Blue.
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• Peep
  ...*" is a peep. This is because in such cases, Red playing "*" would [[Dead cell|kill]] ''a''. Therefore, if Red just defends the [[bridge]], then Blue can' Blue d2 [[captured cell|captures]] the entire corner, turning the corner into this:
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• Joseki
  Red keeps a future option of playing in the cell marked with an asterisk.<br/> Red's plan is to get the cell marked with an asterisk for free in future, so she shouldn't play there imm
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