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(Puzzles: Added Berge's puzzles 3 and 5, as reproduced in Hayward "Berge and the Art of Hex")
(Corrected Berge's puzzle 4. This is the actual puzzle reproduced in both Van Rijswijck and Hayward)
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Red to move and win.
 
Red to move and win.
  
<hex>R14 C14 Q1
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<hexboard size="14x14"
                  Hh1              Hk1
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  coords="hide"
    Vf2        Vg2 Hh2   Hj2            Vl2
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   contents="B k1 R g2 B h2 R l2 R g3 B i3 B k3 R l3 R g4 B i4 R l4 R g5 B j5 R l5 R g6 B h6 B k6 R l6 R g7 B i7 R l7 R g8 B j8 R l8 R g9 B h9 B k9 R l9 R g10 B i10 R l10 R g11 B j11 R m11 B g12 B h12 B k12 R n12 B e13 B i13 B l13 B a14 B b14 B c14 B d14 B g14 B i14 B l14 B m14 B n14"
                Vg3 Hh3              Hk3 Vl3
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  />
                Vg4    Hi4              Vl4
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                  Vg5            Hj5        Vl5
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                  Vg6 Hh6              Hk6 Vl6
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                    Vg7    Hi7              Vl7
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                    Vg8            Hj8        Vl8
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                      Vg9 Hh9              Hk9 Vl9
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                      Vg10      Hi10            Vl10
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                        Vg11            Hj11          Vm11
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                          Hg12 Hh12 Vi12      Hk12          Vn12
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                  He13              Hi13          Hl13
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Ha14 Hb14 Hc14 Hd14    Hg14      Hi14          Hl14 Hm14 Hn14</hex>
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=== Puzzle 5 ===
 
=== Puzzle 5 ===
Blue to play and win.
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Blue to move and win.
  
 
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Revision as of 20:51, 29 February 2020

These are a few puzzles designed by Claude Berge. Their respective solutions can be found here.

Puzzles

Puzzle 1

Blue to move and win.

Puzzle 2

Blue to move and win.

Puzzle 3

Red to move and win.

Puzzle 4

Red to move and win.

Puzzle 5

Blue to move and win.

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References

The puzzles are taken from:

  • Claude Berge. L'Art Subtil du Hex. Manuscript, 1977.

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See also