Test Match

A game for two players      

 

Each player in turn puts a match on the grid. No match can be placed on a dot that already has a head on it.

 

The first player who cannot go loses the game.

 

Here is a completed game. As you can see, there is nowhere a match can go without having one end on a dot which already has a head on it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the grid for Test Match.

 

If you want to play on a triangle grid click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some Test Match Puzzles

 

Here are some games that have already been started. Imagine that it is your turn next. Where would you put your match to win the game?

 

 

1)                                             2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3)                                                               4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5) Now here is a game played on a Triangle Grid. Can you find a winning move?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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