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• Common mistakes
  == Ladder escaping too early == ...only has to find a good [[Ladder escape|ladder escape]] from the [[Ladder|ladder]] starting at h1, g2. c2 is such an escape.
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• Minimaxing
  ...ct, it even gives Blue the opportunity to play b4 and get a free 2nd row [[ladder escape]]. Where should Red play instead? Certainly b4 is a better choice. B * Red d1 connects by [[double threat]] at d3 and b2: <hexboard size="3x6"
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• Cornering
  ...on when no [[ladder escape]] exists, the [[ladder|attacking player]] can [[ladder]] into a corner and create a "quasi-escape piece" at the very last minute. ...ng|breaks the ladder]] by playing one hex ahead. This usually results in a ladder for the opponent. Example:
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• Ladder escape template
  ...an [[edge]]. For example a stone on a second row will escape a second row ladder. Let's see this in action. When Red's ladder reaches the second row stone on the right, Red will be able to connect to t
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• Ladder escape fork
  ...dder escape]] while also threatening another connection. It is a kind of [[double threat]]. The only option seems to be a [[ladder]].
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• Parallel ladder
  A [[parallel ladder]] is a situation in which the attacker can make two [[ladder]]s on top of each other. The attacker's ladders are connected to each other ...own here). Red has the option of pushing the 2nd row ladder or the 4th row ladder:
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• Climbing
  Red starts a 3rd row ladder, then immediately breaks and climbs. Red pushes the ladder, breaks, and zippers all the way to the opposite edge.
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• Intermediate (strategy guide)
  ...se connection [[threat]]en to connect via a bridge plus an adjacent step [[double threats|in two different ways]] &mdash; by playing at either of the marked ''(See also the article [[Ladder]])''
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• Strategy
  ...blocking the other. An example of a tactic would be to connect a third row ladder by playing the [[switchback#A3_switchback|a3 switchback]]. * [[Ladder handling]]
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• Tom's move
  ...nd-4th row [[parallel ladder]]. It can also be used to connect a 2nd row [[ladder]] using a single stone on the 4th row, or to connect a single stone on the Suppose Red has a 2nd-and-4th row [[parallel ladder]] and the amount of space shown here:
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• Foiling
  ...means to make a move which prevents an [[outpost]] from being used as a [[ladder escape]], and also [[Intrusion|intrudes]] on the outpost's [[connection]] t ...an play g4, making an unbreakable connection from top to bottom. Thus f6 [[double threat|threatens two different connections]].
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• Advanced (strategy guide)
  This is a two-piece template and is useful for squeezing edge connections and ladder escapes into relatively small regions. Also, many players are unaware of it ...ed will connect to the edge easily). Now Red's 4 connects to the edge by [[double threat]] at the hexes marked "*". Alternatively, Red can also play 4 before
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• Solutions to puzzles
  ...th via the ladder escape at e5. Also, red threatens to connect north via a double threat at b3 and d3; each of these would connect to the northern edge via [ ...atens to connect c4 to the top and bottom edges with assistance from the [[ladder escape]]s at f2 and f5.
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• Solutions to Claude Berge's puzzles
  ...in the bottom part of the board, Blue can play k3. This leads to a 4th row ladder that Red cannot win. For example: ...o the right via [[Edge template IV2a]], and is also connected left via the double threat at the hexes marked *.
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• Games from the 13th Little Golem TwixtPP Championship
  ...king very intently for a viable threat across the top. Klaus's m11 and p12 double threat made it difficult. K6 was a spot I looked at very intently. It's a l ...to deal with it, with my j18, f16 combo reply to create a gauntlet for any ladder chase coming down from my p14 peg. At move 19, György tempted me to blunde
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• Games from the 14th Little Golem TwixtPP Championship
  ...17.L19 N19* J18* i17* N20* K16*, or 17.L18 K18 J17* M19* F18 i13 with the double threat of either M15* or H19. That last line has lots of crucial branches a ...t, so I took a step back and looked at this position as a typical Y-shaped double threat. I looked for a spot high in the branches of the Y, and although the
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• Ladder puzzle 1/Solution
  Red's main threat is the ladder starting at c7. If Red plays out this ladder, Blue can block it. So Red needs a helping stone somewhere on the right and Therefore, Blue must play 2.e6. Red can now play the ladder at c7, break the ladder at g7, and win:
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• Solutions to Piet Hein's puzzles
  ...de]] for details). The stone at d8 is connected to the left because of the ladder breaker at c2. ...e left. The only possibility to prevent this connection is to play out the ladder:
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• Edge template VI1a
  ...ermore be discarded thanks to [[Tom's move]], also known as the [[parallel ladder]] trick. Of course, symmetry will cut our work in half! ...ble moves are at x and y. If Blue plays at x, Red can set up a [[parallel ladder]] and connect using [[Tom's move]].
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• Mustplay region
  ...r consists of the path the ladder will take and the space required for the ladder escape: <hexboard size="7x7" * c4, connecting via [[edge template II]] and a [[double threat]]: <hexboard size="5x5"
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• Switchback
  ...cker is still in control after the switchback. Although it is not always a ladder escape, it often can be and is usually a strong play. Now the ladder continues from right to the left on the 4th row:
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• Second order template
  ...escape]]s or to gain [[territory]]. Such moves belong to the category of [[double threat]]s. == Second order ladder creation templates ==
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• Niall vs. Halladba, November 2010
  ...believe that d10 is currently connected to the left via f6/c1 2/3rd line [[ladder escape]]...] (g8 -as this is what red must do if blue started by pushing at
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• Nietsabes vs. Niall, November 2010
  c11 g8 i3 - Red cannot get to the bottom without a ladder the right. D10 area? But D10 doesn't act as a ladder breaker.
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• James A. Cook vs. Niall, December 2010
  ...(L5 - blocking I7 and H4) I9 (M6) I11 (K11) K10 [presumably red now has a double threat at the bottom - if he can get the middle stones to the bottom then h * C9 (L5) - double threat (attacks I7 and H4)
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• Jonathan Rydh's strategy guide
  ...es not consider the basics such as the rules, bridges, templates, ladders, ladder escapes, walls etc. If you want to learn more about those topics I suggest ...n stronger just for the sake of it. However, if you get it as a bonus in a double block (see below), it may actually be a good idea.
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• Edge template IV3b
  Red 2 is a [[Ladder escape|ladder escape]] for the ladder formed by Red 6. Red 4 is connected to the top by double threat at the two cells marked "+".
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• Theory of ladder escapes
  ...o be a ladder escape. To do this, we first formalise what it means to be a ladder. ...of how one can check in a finite time whether a given pattern is a 4th row ladder escape.
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• Double threat
  ...ic goal, usually [[virtual connection|connecting]] two groups of pieces. A double threat is a special case (and the most common example) of a [[multiple thre A double threat is also sometimes called '''miai''', a Japanese term taken from [[Go
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• Tom's move for 3rd and 5th row parallel ladders
  There is a version of [[Tom's move]] that works for [[parallel ladder]]s on the 3rd and 5th rows. It requires a large amount of space: Notice that Red's 3 is connected left by double threat at the two cells marked "*", and connected right by [[Fifth_row_edge
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• Flank
  Apart from [[ladder]]s, flanks are one of the most common "long-distance" patterns occuring in ...g a flank is a generalization of 2nd row ladders, with the cap acting as a ladder escape. Indeed, a board edge can be regarded as a straight row of stones, a
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• Solutions to worst move puzzles
  ...[[ziggurat]] on the right and a 3rd row [[ladder]] on the left, which b1 [[ladder escape|escapes]]: Note that after 7, Blue is again connected by [[edge template IV2h]] and a double threat at a6 and c4. Moreover, Blue 1 captures the highlighted triangle and
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• Losing play
  ...ction. Another example is [[Efficiency#Fast_forwarding|fast forwarding]] a ladder, rather than playing it out.
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