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The Black Mosquito used the power of the adjacent Pillbug to move the Grasshopper. It could not, on its own, make that move.

@@PlayHiveLikeaChampion Thank you! I am still getting used to the pillbug! Love your channel

@@edwardfuller1071 Thanks for watching and commenting!

you are very welcome!

a game worthy of a world championship finals!

I massacred a position that was probably winning, or certainly a significant advantage for black, and then Patrik does what he does best and started grinding me down in the endgame :) I was exhausted by the end xD

@@benharris3285 he can do that to you!

The mosquito copied the pillbugs powers, and threw the queen over there

It can't possibly be as good as 'Hive, The Boardless Game'!

it is hard to identify exactly because people join and leave... but you were very close!

@@PlayHiveLikeaChampion Oh that's right, I might have been bumped around from people leaving. But hey, at the time of filming I'm #1000 in the list! I'll take that minor claim to fame, now preserved in video form!

@@RDon40 Congratulations!!!!

yes

i agree... there is some discussion about dropping the Bronze Medal match. What do you think?

If you watch games from the top-level players, you will see that they have an understanding of tempo. They know when to allow a Beetle to climb up and attack, winning the race to victory.

okay i will work on it

That spot is legal for a spawn point, but not smart. If White spawns a bug, it creates a ring. Black will most likely break the ring by moving the Ladybug.

@@PlayHiveLikeaChampion oh i see now, still new to hive, thank you!!

@@UnclePockets you are welcome

i am planning on streaming all games (schedule and health permitting)

thanks... i should do more of these

Thanks for commenting... On my livestream for game 1 - HappyKiwi was named the favorite by 13 of the 16 who voted.

you are welcome thanks for watching and commenting

It was actually turn 24... which was Black's move. The Black Mosquito, using the power of the adjacent Pillbug, moved the White Mosquito.

Oh thanks a lot now I get it

@@antasatibal 👍

It is only underrated by those who don't play a lot. The rest of us love it!

There has been a lot of discussion about this. In chess, for example, there is the Fifty-Move-Rule, which states that either player can claim a draw if there has been no piece captured or no pawn move (either of which would fundamentally change the position on the board) within 50 moves. But in Hive, with no piece capture, a move such as this would be very difficult to define. Please propose the rule definition, either here (or better yet on Discord discord.gg/k3gq5sxC)

The quality of the game play in this year's tournament has been at a new level. Both semi-final matches went into tiebreaks.

That is an interesting thought. Playing on-line ensures that one does not make an illegal Spider move. But I don't think that this adds to player's complaints about the Spider. I try to ignore these complaints! The Spider is the Spider, no more, no less. PS - It pleases me to win with a Spider move.

It does, though! It's the only piece that has to move exactly some number of spaces, so it has unique strategies like reindexing that don't apply to any other bugs!

thanks for commenting Ben... and congratulations on your advancement into the Finals!

I guess I'm biased because I've read "Like a Champion" several times, but the way you discuss Hive in chess-like language successfully dissuaded me from thinking of some pieces as inherently better than others. I'm sure even the greatest chess players of all time had an opportunity at some point to outsmart brilliant opponents with an overlooked pawn. "The right man in the right place can make all the difference in the world..."

@@superking208 Interesting comment! Thank You! You are, of course, correct. There are situations where any specific piece may be more valuable than the other pieces because this piece can deliver the win and that piece cannot. But, in general, it is recognized that the Spider is the weakest. For example, There is nothing that the Spider can do that an Ant cannot also do. (This brings up the 'Isn't the Spider a weak Ant' argument (which I hate to hear)).

@@PlayHiveLikeaChampion Thank you for responding, I'm a bit starstruck!

@@superking208 Your definition of 'Star' is obviously quite liberal. Thanks for the kind words!

You are correct in that the spider moves were not instrumental to the victory. I wanted to show how spiders can be used in various ways. And I disagree completely with the 'Spiders > Grasshoppers' evaluation. There are more cases where a Grasshopper can do something that a Spider cannot, then the other way around. PS - keep up the good work on your RUclips channel! www.youtube.com/@OrdepCubik

HappyKiwi is the best at squeeze/shutout endgame! And yes, his pillbug placement was unexpected

You are welcome. I apologize for taking so long to answer you!

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you are welcome. thanks for commenting

HappyKiwi also missed a win on turn 88. My guess is that he was intent on the shutout and not looking for a quicker win.

it was wasn't it

congrats to HappyKiwi for winning as Black... can he upset the World Champion?

@@PlayHiveLikeaChampionyes Happy Kiwi has this

thanks for the inciteful comment. i agree. Alex had some chances.

thanks for the encouragement... if you watch live, please drop a comment

thanks... i am getting a little better and getting them produced quickly

Actually maybe the black spider can move inside the ring and complicate things.

@@a1-h8 correct... White still will win but it will be more difficult

thanks for commenting.

yes that could work

it took me a while to see what you mean... after wA3 bS2\ white follows with wG3 wA3- and wG3 -wA3

I think white has a very comfortable control game after that. The bM is basically wasted after that move

Yep. Or even 48 drop last beetle, then next move bQ-wG. Lucky break for white…

yes black missed that

@@panonassociates i believe that you are correct. Black could have won.

Boardspace is used to host the world championship tournament, but most players play on boardgamearena

@@neighlles Now HiveGame*

These games are played at BoardSpace.net. This site has excellent game review which I use to replay the games. As neighlles said in the reply below, there are more players at BoardGameArena, but Board Space is better in many ways. The new hive specific site www.HiveGame.com will soon be the best place to play.

you are welcome

yes it was... only 36 moves and less than 38 minutes

that is SHOE notation (Standard Hive Opening Encyclopedia) - my goal is to make it easier to compare and study openings

thanks for your comment about the soundtrack no, this is game three

White's use of the Ladybug/Mosquito/Beetle to free an Ant and Mosquito at the end was truly the work of a champion.