Proverbs

Proverbs about strategy

In Go, there are many proverbs about strategy. Since the strategic concepts are very related, one might check whether the proverbs also apply to Hex.

• Offense equals defense, this is due to the no-draw property.
• Consider playing in the "wrong direction", ropes make the board much easier to cross.
• A player's position is only as good as its weakest link.
• Do not play an isolated piece with three or fewer liberties.

Quotations

• According to Edward Lasker, a chess player,

Chess is a game restricted to this world, Go has something extraterrestrial. If ever we find an extraterrestrial civilization that plays a game that we also play, it will be Go, without any doubt.

• Jack van Rijswijck goes beyond,

Hex has a Platonic existence, independent of human thought. If ever we find an extraterrestrial civilization at all, they will know Hex, without any doubt. (source Set Colouring Games, 2006. Page 163)

External links

• http://senseis.xmp.net/?GoProverbs
• The Twixt proverbs are also often relevant to Hex.