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Re:Optimal Strategy for Connect 4 by donkeyboy on Saturday April 11, 2026 @09:10AM (#47730263)
Sadly this doesnt have a simple way to know how to win besides the ForceEven approach and offering an Anki Deck. I wish there was some more intuition or guidance around winning that humans can memorize
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Re:Optimal Strategy for Connect 4 by pfg_ on Saturday April 11, 2026 @03:33PM (#47733331)
This is the first human-learnable weak solution for connect 4. Surely it can be improved.
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Re:Optimal Strategy for Connect 4 by rbits on Saturday April 11, 2026 @11:33PM (#47735920)
He has 4 videos about human Connect 4 strategies on his YouTube channel[1], you should check them out.

[1] https://youtube.com/@twoswap

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