{"id":343,"date":"2020-04-27T07:34:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T07:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ps.uci.edu\/mathceo\/?page_id=343"},"modified":"2020-12-03T06:35:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T06:35:31","slug":"connect-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ps.uci.edu\/mathceo\/meeting-3\/connect-4","title":{"rendered":"Game 2: Connect  4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"446\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ps.uci.edu\/mathceo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/5154mQirzL._AC_SX425_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ps.uci.edu\/mathceo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/5154mQirzL._AC_SX425_.jpg 425w, https:\/\/sites.ps.uci.edu\/mathceo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/5154mQirzL._AC_SX425_-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Connect 4 game was designed in the 1970s by David Wexler.   His desire to create a &#8220;vertical&#8221; game led him to invent Connect 4.  Read about how the game was created <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howardwexlertoys.com\/bio\/inventing-connect-four\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect 4 is a two-player game similar to Tic-Tac-Toe.  It is played on a 6 x 7 grid (with 6 rows and 7 columns).  Players choose a color, and take turn dropping their colored chips from the top row down a column.  The first player to get four chips in a row (vertical, horizontal, or diagonal) wins!   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Play the game <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silvergames.com\/en\/connect-4\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> How many possible winning 4-in-a-row positions are there? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> Could you find a strategy to ensure that you always win if you go first?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-subtle-background-background-color\">The Connect 4 game has been solved mathematically.  In fact, if you start first and play perfectly, you can always win!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> How about we keep the same board (6 rows and 7 columns) and play Connect 3?  Or Connect 5?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Connect 4 game was designed in the 1970s by David Wexler. His desire to create a &#8220;vertical&#8221; game led him to invent Connect 4. Read about how the game was created here. Connect 4 is a two-player game similar to Tic-Tac-Toe. 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