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A strange draw in a Havannah game

Public forum discussion.

#2 · Paul Wiselius

31 Mar 2023

That is strange indeed. If white makes his last move, it connects 2 corner points and wins!?
Or is there some funny rule that when the board is full it means a draw?

#3 · psikonauta

31 Mar 2023

Did you run out of time? Maybe what's happening is something like losing on time in chess when your opponent has only king and knight. You can't be mated, so even if you lose on time it is still a draw.

#4 · The_Burglar

31 Mar 2023

looks like software fault, game ends after move 37 when it should be 38

could be a error in a compare, e.g. > instead of >= etc.

#5 · Ok22

31 Mar 2023

Can't there be a restriction that the maximum allowed total number of moves is an even number?

#7 · greghe

4 Apr 2023

www.trmph.com predicted this outcome would be a draw, although I don't know why. Nonetheless, in tis one case, I feel like the outcome is correct. :-)

#8 · Nagy Fathy

5 Apr 2023

I asked Richard, and he told me it is a bug, but it seems he has no time to fix it.