Dark to move, with 7 light and 8 dark men in the game. Not every man has been placed yet: Light still holds 0, Dark 1.
Your job is to close a mill in at most 2 of your own moves, and it has to work against every defence, including the opponent closing a mill of their own.
What the position is about
- placement phase — The men are still being set down, so each move places a new piece on an empty point.
Finding the way in
Look first for points where you already have two men on a line with the third point empty, then ask which of them the opponent can cover in one move.
Take your time. There is no clock on the result, and a wrong move is simply taken back so you can look again.
Show the first move
Start with e5. Played out against the stiffest resistance, the whole line goes: e5 g1-g4 c4-c5xg4.
Solve it and the next puzzle of the same game is one tap away. Your solved puzzles are ticked in the list, in this browser only.