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jhs55

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Re: Pente Challenge
Posted: Sep 25, 2009, 5:30 PM

This is why " Boat Pente " is such a great pente game that should be played alot more around here !

zoeyk

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Re: Pente Challenge
Posted: Mar 27, 2010, 8:31 PM

hey admins, can we move this thread to the analysis forum? it seems better placed there in my opinion now that i think about it. thanks

zoeyk

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up2ng

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Re: Pente Challenge
Posted: Mar 28, 2010, 12:07 AM

All set

jackschidt

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Re: Pente Challenge- How to answer a open 3 by not blocking it
Posted: Jul 14, 2010, 7:39 AM

Here's another example of out of the box thinking. Player-2's 10th move:




Very cool move!!!

watsu

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Re: Pente Challenge- How to answer a open 3 by not blocking it
Posted: Aug 20, 2010, 1:42 AM

Here's a fairly rare one which doesn't seem to have made it onto the list yet, as far as I can tell- extend two blocked threes to tesseras which when they are blocked will allow a double keystone pair capture of the blocking stones. I've mostly seen it as a way for P1 to win certain hammer type formations- such as in this game-


but a similar potential threat existed in the game Karlw and I just finished up at Brainking, a hammer type formation on diagonals-



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watsu

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Re: Pente Challenge- How to answer a open 3 by not blocking it
Posted: Apr 19, 2020, 7:30 PM

I think it's comparatively rare to see the ignoring of a tria in a live game by a player who isn't a red, so I thought I'd share this old game by mike321, at move 11 using an extension + capture to create a superior threat of making a four by two caps across the tria.



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watsu

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Re: Pente Challenge- How to answer a open 3 by not blocking it
Posted: Apr 10, 2023, 2:25 PM

Beautiful move here by nedhall17 in our D Pente game:



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mumix

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Re: Pente Challenge- How to answer a open 3 by not blocking it
Posted: Apr 12, 2023, 2:47 PM

Nice move by ned indeed.

Another one, variation of what karl said--
"make it so any tessera extension he makes can be capped, opening up a blocked tessera (rare)"

Changed to

make it so any tessera extension he makes can be capped, leading to a win by captures. Meaning, you dont have current cap threat on the 3, but would regardless of which way it gets extended

zoeyk

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Re: Pente Challenge- How to answer a open 3 by not blocking it
Posted: Apr 16, 2023, 11:29 PM

look at nosovs' 11th move. P13. I can not make a solid 4, because nosovs will get a double capture from it. so im left with either make an extended 4 or block his 3. a devastating move by nosovs.




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Re: Pente Challenge
Posted: Sep 12, 2023, 10:48 PM




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Re: Pente Challenge- How to answer a open 3 by not blocking it
Posted: Sep 13, 2023, 12:31 AM

Bump

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Re: Pente Challenge- How to answer a open 3 by not blocking it
Posted: Sep 13, 2023, 12:32 AM

Bump

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