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Or 3 rounds could be necessary to limit the number of games! Example with 27 players: Round 1 nine groups of each three players. Round 2 and 3 the same. In a triathlon a strong player will then have 36 games, those are 24 "easy games" and 12 tough games. (Number of groups = QRT(Number of players))....

Copied from the small forum: I think it is a pity that we are reverting to two rounds of Copenhagen for the World Championship - which should perhaps be renamed the World Copenhagen Championship. If it is going to continue as a purely Copenhagen format, perhaps we could also have an annual triathlon...

Time to prepare for the World Championship 2017! Here's my proposition for the tournament rules this year. Notice that Copenhagen rules are proposed for both Round 1 and Round 2. This is to avoid that potential finalists don't make it to the final just because of different rules for Round 1. Round 1...

Thomas Jacquin, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, made a fine Hnefatafl game, described here: http://www.instructables.com/id/Magnetic-Hnefatafl-Board-Game/ and also made a Youtube video about the Copenhagen rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlrvd7HQ5GM Also here, the board is decorated wit...

jrton80 wrote:i4 to i9 would make it so that any move by j10 would end the game from i10 to j10, proper swaming of black would prevent any other outcome

Exactly!
And a following g8-g10 would finally close down access to the king's area for any other whites.

Draw fort: since it does not matter what black does white moves e10-f10, g9-g11, h10-g10, then g11-f11 Correct! Black can only delay white with f7-g7 and then g7-g10 (the king has at this point reached g11). But the black piece is then killed by g2-g9xg10, and the exit fort is finished in the next ...

Copenhagen Hnefatafl. Black wins in 3 moves. How?

Copenhagen Hnefatafl. White's next move determines the game and white wins. How?

Copenhagen Hnefatafl. Black's next move determines the game and black wins. How?

Copenhagen Hnefatafl. White wins in 4 moves. How?