Puzzles

Solving puzzles is a very good way of becoming a stronger player. Solve as many as possible! And feel free to post your own puzzles here.

Piet Hein's puzzles

See article Piet Hein's puzzles

Claude Berge's puzzles

See article Claude Berge's puzzles

Bert Enderton

Puzzle 1

Red to play and win.

		a		b		c		d		e		f		g
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Puzzle 2

Red to play and win.

		a		b		c		d		e		f		g
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Puzzle 3

Red (Vertical) to play and win.

This is a very difficult puzzle whose complete solution is extremely complex.

Other authors

Puzzle 1

By John Tromp

Blue to play and win.

Puzzle 2

By lazyplayer. Blue to play and win.

Puzzle 3

By David J Bush. Taken from a game on Playsite in 2003. Red to play and win.

		a		b		c		d		e		f		g		h		i		j
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Source: this Little Golem forum thread.

Puzzle 4

Designed by Door1, helped by David J Bush. Inspired by a game on Kurnik in May 2005. Blue to play and win.

		a		b		c		d		e		f		g		h		i		j
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Source: this Little Golem forum thread.

See also

• Solutions to puzzles
• Ladder puzzles
• Puzzle server

Cameron Browne offers a lot of Original puzzles in his book Hex Strategy Making the Right Connections