Re: Open Challenge to All TB Pente Masters -- Financial Incentives
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Sep 2, 2026, 2:13 AM
Captures can happen but don't win is a variant which has been explored, yes. The unbalance isn't due to captures being able to win, it's due to a winnable position for one side or the other arising due to capturing.
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Re: Open Challenge to All TB Pente Masters -- Financial Incentives
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Sep 2, 2026, 2:18 AM
Capture wins disabled is actually a BGA option which a few players favor; it has an older prior history, of course, but that's where it's playable currently. I've played a few games of it there.
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Re: Open Challenge to All TB Pente Masters -- Financial Incentives
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Sep 7, 2026, 5:42 AM
To be honest, I have a busy week ahead, including double shifts. My first day off will be Sunday. So for my needs also i think I'll drag it a week. My current game is win by captures in 5 moves. But, im not in a rush.
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Re: Open Challenge to All TB Pente Masters -- Financial Incentives
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Sep 7, 2026, 6:16 AM
if your so sure you will win, why didn't you make your move instead of writing about it. and why does your game with homebrew show you still have 2 days to play when he played a day or two ago
Re: Open Challenge to All TB Pente Masters -- Financial Incentives
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Nov 15, 2026, 11:29 PM
> But yours has been beaten, more than once. By karl.
Lol.
We've played two sets under asymmetric rules: he played with a database, analysis, and the ability to put stones on the board, while I played using only my mind, without even having a board. This was because ex-admin Karl and current admin Zoey were unaware that the site rules were completely wrong, obsolete, or whatever.
So no, we've played only two sets under equal conditions. Both ended in a draw, absolutely dead from both sides.
And think about it: would he refuse to pay for a P1/P2 loss if he were sure he was going to win the whole set? He is too rational to ignore the fact that P1 wins in pro Pente and that a challenger who scored 77% in the tournament (while he scored 72%) poses a real threat to his money.
> Heck even by mumix. No offense mumix.
You are soooo arrogant and haughty - oh my! No offense Zoey.
And Mumix is good, sure thing.
> Owen you've never beaten his P1 before.
1. Well, I've written a dozen times that, above a certain level of playing strength, P1 is virtually invincible in pro Pente. So I hope to beat his P1 eventually, but it requires a lot of time and effort. For now, I'm just putting down random stones to play some drawn sets.
2. He offered money for beating his P2 in the tournament. Feel free to read this thread again if you have any doubts about that. And when faced with the prospect of losing a substantial amount of money in an endless series of pro Pente sets, he breaks his promise. No surprise.
And one more thing. Zoey, you are whinning that I've persuaded you to play a bad second move, poor Zoey played a weak opening against treacherous Owen and lost the game because the second move was too bad. I will win Karl with this opening as P1 in a tournament game. For the great justice. And to remove Karl's last excuses. It seems to be among the easiest ways to win for P1 if not the easiest.
