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Very nice and interesting video about hex! But one thing I would like to mention is that in 22:03 white j12 probably wouldn't help very much. Unless black would get and use a foldback by cutting into j10 in the future(and then j12 would probably block the ladder)but there is always enough space for black to generate a 4th row ladder heading to the left. And the 4-4 stone in that corner is already enough to help connecting either the 4th row ladder or black f7 to the bottom. Parhaps the only hope for white at this moment would be minimaxing at j3, which blocks h5 and creates a 4th row ladder escape at the same time. But looks like this doesn't work, either.

This commentary is gold, likely useful for players of all strengths due to the read-outs you included. You made the ideas of multiple threats, min/maxing two sides, and general connection-plans apparent. Thanks so much and hope for more such videos! (another equally welcome genre is live commentary of one's own thinking in realtime games. Twixt content always appreciated too.)

Another position that I believe would be inaccessible is with white on a1 and black on a2, b1, and b2. Both players are connected, so a capture was made with the last move. White could not have captured on a1 as that would require it to jump a black piece. Therefore Black made the last move and captured on a2, b1, or b2. However, white would have been already connected with a piece on any of these squares making this impossible. Therefore this position is inaccessible. Similar reasoning can be used to show inaccessibility of other boxed in positions.

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This game looks so simple at first. But It turns out to be too advanced for me.

Hi Florian. In your variation 21.f10 what about f11 g10 g12 h11 and now 26.h13 instead of h12. Play could continue 27.h12 g13 i12 i13 k12 j12 L10 black tries dropping back the same way white just did to black , but it's not enough 34.k10 m8 L9 m9 L8 m7 L7 m6 L5 L6 j7 k6 j5 and white wins.So I claim white is still winning in the final position.

if << 69. i1h2h3 >> maybe try << 70. k5k4g3 >>

Thank you as always, Florian!

Very cool looking game, thanks for showing me!

Great puzzle!

Answer: 2nd player: 4/7

象 棋 c-young chee

Are everyone super competitive and super good in every game there? Somehow the idea of playing games for a week a attracts me quite much but i dont think how long the fun would last if kept loosing every game 😹

Wow I had never seen the last 2 games

Thanks for the video. In the Hex game, I agree that blue J6 was bad. Instead Blue H8 looks winning for blue.

So glad hex is included again :p

Good games...I did a big mistake in XianQi, but overall I think you deserved the win in the match.

Great idea to do a video like this - really interesting to hear your thoughts and see how your week went!

OMG You learned the concepts very quickly, and you played really well to be one of your first games, I see a potential top player! :)

Isnt this game essentially solved, though? It seems like whoever has the first piece on the board is almost certainly going to win.

Thank you for having me Florian! I'm sure you'll get soon pretty good :) see you at the MSO!

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For me, between Xiangqi and Shogi, it is undeniable that both board games are addictive and fun to play, just like Western chess. I have a fondness for chess because it was the first board game I learned to play. Shogi I find very fun to learn and also very addictive. Xiangqi I believe is equally complex as Shogi and much more addictive (in my opinion).

Thanks for this series!

I started with chess and then many years later took up shogi and xiangqi. I know a lot of people like to have 'favorites' but for me choosing between shogi and xiangi is like choosing between pizza and cake, or Beethoven and Mozart. I might also add a third game to consider- *Janggi* or Korean chess. It is derived from Xiangqi but has enough differences to make it a distinctly different game. It is much easier to defend in Janggi and games tend to be considerably longer than Xiangqi. As a western chess player I felt more at home in Janggi than the others. I have also tried Burmese chess and Thai chess but I don't think think they are quite as good. But I don't mean that in a condescending way, I mean that only in comparison to shogi , xiangqi and janggi they are not as good. But if chess had never been invented and one day somebody came up with the idea for Burmese or Thai chess they would likely be a big global sensation.

Nice video! I loved Raymond Smullyan book, now I am deep in this kind of chess problem, and your video was super helpful!

Heights of the pieces: B3=1, B4=1, D3=1, E1=2.

Very nice explanation! Slither is my second favourite game on littlegolem :D By the way, 12:20 this is very similar to the concept of minimaxing in hex.

Can Hex be played on a square grid? (i.e. each cell is connected to 8 other cells insted of 6) Would it break the game somehow?

And thank you for the video!

Sorry Florian but that is NOT the advanced rule. The real advanced rule was not implemented on iggc because it was more complicated than Luis wanted to deal with. If you consult the pdf, a stone must be in an orthogonal group of BOTH colors if you want to move it . The reason is you could add another stone touching the first one and walk them like a pair of shoes up to the center, so it was quickly abandoned. Please put this in the video description, thanks!

Are you saying Slither is an easier game than Blokus?

Cool!

Thank you for this, from the designer!

Oware: à la 13ème t'aurais dû jouer D, car tu peux pas espérer là de capturer plus de 4 ;-)

Sorry for this massive blunder at move 6 in Blokus game, does not make any sense, almost everything was winning by like 10 points, like playing the V instead at the same place, or even better probably just playing the Z on top. Cannot explain my own move because I don't understand it 😆

I started as a weak chess player, I practise shogi a lot and a little bit of xiangqi. I much prefer shogi and I think I am a better chess player (except for pawn finales) now that I have practised shogi.

The number one channel for connect 6. Super interesting and lots to learn here. Thank you.

Interesting game. A tie of this game is obviously impossible.

Really great video and superb explaination of Gomoku. It certainly is a great game - Renju too - but it's very hard to transition from the beginner, to understanding openings and swap 2. There seems to be very little literature or online content in this area. Ive been certainly put off in the past into delving deeper into the game as the gap online between people playing freestyle and swap 2 is so vast one stands no chance against someone of any experience.