Puzzles
Solving puzzles is a very good way of becoming a stronger player. Solve as many as possible! And feel free to post your own puzzles here.
Contents
Piet Hein's puzzles
See article Piet Hein's puzzles
Claude Berge's puzzles
See article Claude Berge's puzzles
Bert Enderton
Puzzle 1
Red to play and win.
Puzzle 2
Red to play and win.
Puzzle 3
Red (Vertical) to play and win.
This is a very difficult puzzle whose complete solution is extremely complex.
Other authors
Puzzle 1
By John Tromp
Blue to play and win.
Puzzle 2
By lazyplayer. Blue to play and win.
Puzzle 3
By David J Bush. Taken from a game on Playsite in 2003. Red to play and win.
Source: this Little Golem forum thread.
Puzzle 4
Designed by Door1, helped by David J Bush. Inspired by a game on Kurnik in May 2005. Blue to play and win.
Source: this Little Golem forum thread.
See also
Cameron Browne offers a lot of Original puzzles in his book Hex Strategy Making the Right Connections
