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Awari Solved

Posted by michael on from the chess,-go-and-twister-still-not-solved dept.

Gerard Jendras sent in a submission about applying computing power to an ancient game. The game of Awari has been solved: with perfect play, the game always results in a draw. There is a Java applet to test your skills against.

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  1. more about the game by SkyIce · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is more commonly known as Mancala in the US.

    An adaptation (simplified) of the game was used as a problem in last year's International Olympiad in Informatics: see the description of the problem here. For a description of how to solve it efficiently, see this booklet.