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• Rules
  ...having the same color. The board is empty at the start of the game. On the left you can see an empty Hex board. <hexboard size="5x5" float="left" />
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• Basic (strategy guide)
  ...while the [[second player]] tries to form an unbroken chain connecting the left and right sides. ...idging to the lower right (h7) is met by h8 and bridging towards the lower-left (e7) is met by d8. By blocking at a distance, you have a move or two befor
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• Forcing move
  ...ude playing in one of the empty hexes of a [[bridge]], intruding into an [[edge template]], or threatening to complete an immediate [[strong connection]] o ...stops this piece from immediately [[connection|connecting]] to the bottom edge is f9. But after f9, Red completes the win by playing at f8.
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• Cornering
  ...maneuver lets Red move towards the center, rather than parallel to Blue's edge: Note how Red's 9 is connected to the edge via a [[double threat]] at the cells marked "*". If Blue instead plays 6 on
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• Parallel ladder
  ...her and proceed in the same direction (both left to right or both right to left). Here is a typical example: ...llowing, with Red to move. The two red stones must be connected to the top edge (although the connection is not shown here). Red has the option of pushing
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• Intermediate (strategy guide)
  == Minimal edge templates == ...Just as the bridge is a useful connection pattern to know, so are minimal edge templates &mdash; the ones of the smallest size. (The templates are numbere
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• Sixth row template problem
  ...erg and wccanard in the LG forum, whether there is a one stone sixth row [[edge template]] that uses no stones higher than the sixth row. The answer is "yes", and [[edge template VI1a]] is such a template.
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• Tom's move
  ...e stone on the 4th row, or to connect a single stone on the 4th row to the edge. Its name originates from Tom Ace (player [[User:Tom239|Tom239]]), who devi ...es are forced; if Blue plays differently, Red connects outright. This is [[edge template IV1d]].
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• Outpost
  An '''outpost''' is an isolated [[stone]] sitting somewhere close to an [[edge]] or [[board|corner]]. Outputs are useful assets. They can often be used as ...is very common for a [[player]] to have a [[piece]] along the opponent's [[edge]], near the acute corner. Such pieces can work as [[ladder escape]]s or [[s
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• Foiling
  ..., and also [[Intrusion|intrudes]] on the outpost's [[connection]] to the [[edge]]. ...e prevents the use of f6 as a ladder escape, and he also intrudes on its [[edge template]] to the bottom. In fact in this position Blue [[win]]s.
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• Advanced (strategy guide)
  == Advanced edge templates == ...f it. If Blue intrudes anywhere but a or b, Red can just [[bridge]] to the edge. So the only possible intrusions are at a or b.
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• V vs. H game 1
  |2.||h4||&nbsp;|| V presses the attack on the north edge. ...south, choosing to fight for the link in the middle rather than along the edge.
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• Solutions to puzzles
  ...a double threat at b3 and d3; each of these would connect to the northern edge via [[Template IIIa]]. The two templates overlap at d1, but blue d1 is defe ...nnects to the top edge via [[Template IIIa]], and to the bottom edge via [[Edge template J5|Template J5]]. The two templates overlap at one point d3, but i
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• Solutions to Claude Berge's puzzles
  Blue plays at b3. This piece is connected to the left border by [[miai|a3/a4]] and to the long blue chain by c2/b4. The long blu ...nnecting l7 to the large red group that is already connected to the bottom edge. However, Red cannot achieve both of these goals simultaneously. If Red pla
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• Equivalent patterns
  == Edge equivalence== Edges are equivalent to edge-connected rows of pieces on a larger board.
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• Draw
  ...he blue stones along the boundary of ''T'' form a [[chain]] connecting the left and right edges, so the position is winning for Blue.
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• Variants using the same equipment
  ...e other connecting left, right and bottom. Blue wins are symmetrical, with left and right swapping roles with top and bottom. Like Hex, there are no draws ...pleting either a chain of red pieces or a chain of blue pieces between the left and right board edges.
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• Games from the 13th Little Golem TwixtPP Championship
  ...n't seem to be a good reply to that; it would have been a quick win up the left side for Klaus. So I played 12.i12 instead, which was weak on the right sid ...for both sides on the right, but vertical (white) could have played on the left side at any point, and can still play there. For example 11.F11 looks hopef
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• Smart Game Format
  * left parenthesis '(' * left square bracket '['
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• Games from the 14th Little Golem TwixtPP Championship
  ...quired a lot of computation, and that fight could have spread to the upper left part indeed.<BR><BR> ...w. The key point is 17.n15 here, which allows a connection to the group at left. The game was probably over at that point.<BR><BR>
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