Connect Four might be a game that triggers childhood flashback , but it ’s not dewy-eyed clobber . In fact , Numberphilereports that there are more than 4 trillion unequaled ways to satiate a standard board . But there ’s only one way to ensure a win every metre .
There are slightly few than 2 trillion ways to get four in a course , but if two perfect thespian are contend , the only direction to lock in the profits is to go first and play in the sum tower . As Numberphile points out , a consummate opponent would live that they could n’t win at that point , but if they recreate perfectly anyway they would drop off within 41 moves . Time to show all the nestling in your life what ’s what .
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