[pbmserv] LOA endgames

[Chris Nash <chris_nash@prodigy.net>]

--- pbmserv@gamerz.net wrote:
> Why in this situation the game is a tie?
> I think that x is the winner...
>   23 G7-E5     24 H2-E5
>       A B C D E F G H 
>    1  . o o o o o o .  1
>    2  . . . . . o . .  2
>    3  . . . x x x . .  3   Ohs (o) gfb        7
>    4  . . x . . . . .  4
>    5  . . x . X x . .  5   Eks (x) pergioco   9
>    6  . . x x . . . .  6
>    7  . . . . . . . .  7
>    8  . . . . . . . .  8
>       A B C D E F G H

I think he's right. See http://www.boardspace.net/loa/english/loa.html, especially the "fine
print" rules. If a move simultaneously creates a win for both the player moving and the opponent,
the player moving wins.

http://www.boardspace.net/loa/english/unusual-endgames.html goes into more detail. It appears Sid
Sackson claimed the situation was a draw in the first edition of A Gamut of Games in 1969, and
corrected it in the second edition.