NO ROW

Copyright (c) 1997 Remco de Korte

No Row is played on an empty 11x11 board:

 

SETUP - One player drops one yellow and one blue stone (called the movers). The other player chooses color and who starts. TURN - On each turn, a player may do one of the following actions: Move his friendly mover to an (orthogonal or diagonal) adjacent empty cell. Drop a stone on an empty cell, provided that (a) there are no adjacent stones and (b) there are no more than two stones at the same row, column or diagonal. Yellow mover drops white stones, blue mover drops black stones. GOAL - When no more drops are possible, wins the player with more friendly stones. If the number of stones is equal, the game is a draw.

 

An example Here is a possible board configuration. The green dots show where is still possible to drop stones. White is in a better position. If he drops a stone at b11 there will be no more possible cells to drop, and he will win the game by 9-8.