[pbmserv] Stymie Example

[Randall Bart <barticus@att.net>]

I am playing a small game of Stymie with Skouboe, reproduced here.

       A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I

      ---   ---   ---   ---   ---
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \
 9  |     |  h  |  h  |  v  |     | 9
     \   / \   / \   / \   / \   /
 8    --- h --- h --- v ---   ---   8
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \
 7  |  V  |  v  |  h  |     |     | 7
     \   / \   / \   / \   / \   /
 6    --- V --- v --- h ---   ---   6
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \
 5  |     |     |  v  |     |     | 5
     \   / \   / \   / \   / \   /
 4    ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   4
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \
 3  |     |     |     |     |     | 3
     \   / \   / \   / \   / \   /
 2    ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   2
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \
 1  |     |     |     |     |     | 1
     \   / \   / \   / \   / \   /
      ---   ---   ---   ---   ---

       A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I

Location A9 is an example of a Stymie.  I want to move there to finish my 
horizontal connection to the left, but since there's no adjacent square it 
will be a single move and allow him a triple move.  He could then move 
G7,H6,G5, completely cutting me off, so I have to move somewhere else.  He 
will then want to move at A9, but that would give me a triple move.  Such 
is the nature of Stymie.

Very clever idea for a game.  I wish I had thought of it.  Oh wait, I did.
B^)

I am accepting challenges at Stymie.  My user name is Barticus.  Rules are 
at http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/stymie.html

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