Some previous on-line games - last amended July 10th 2004

Pacru®

• When games play back in the browser, you can see the games notated as well as played. The "?" button explains the notation.
• You can stop the game by pressing the back arrow, or the back-to-start arrow and play back the game a turn at a time using the forward arrow.
• If you press the back arrow and then click on the exclamation mark then you can start making the moves for both sides yourself (the game won't get saved, however).

  As an example of gameplay by a number of experienced players, look through the list of past games for any between the introduction of named players on July 10th 2004 and August 1st 2004

  Victory by 42 tiles in hard-fought contest - 86 turns

  Epic struggle of two 2004 championship contenders - 61 turns

  
  
  Some games which were victorious by the third route (1st: tile target reached, 2nd: all pieces captured, 3rd: player blocked, 4th resignation)

  A player is blocked even though ahead on tiles - 69 turns

  Someone fails to check whether their opponent can block them with an unexpected move - 41 turns

  
  
  Other games
  
  

  Red in a mess trying to attack without success - 36 turns

  Long game - 61 turns

  Red resigns.. blue has too many tile opportunites - 40 turns

  Blue resigns in despair after miscalculating reorientation in order to pincer - 69 turns

  It is quite possible to win with even 1 piece against 4, but some players despair on losing an early piece. Here are some short games where one player resigned: learning to see pincer moves, and prevent them happening to you is fundamental.

  A pincer fork - 11 turns

  Pincer threat - 11 turns

  Pincer threat fork - 16 turns

  Too much for blue after 12 turns: if red re-orientates blue may lose two pieces

  Blue despair after 12 turns

  Very agressive game of pincers ends with only 22 tiles to the winner - 49 turns

  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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