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>> Okay, here's a problem for you all to
think about.

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This may be easy, may be hard.
But here's a Hackenbush position.

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The two players are left, who is blue, and
right, who is red.

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And the problem is, if left goes first,
who wins?

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And if right goes first, who wins?
Remember that the players alternate.

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Left alternates and, and, and cuts down
blue edges.

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Rights can only cut down red edges.
And for instance, if blue cuts down this,

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this edge down at the, the bottom, then,
then this red edge here floats off.

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It's full of helium, floats off, and is no
longer available through right.

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So, work on this problem.
Don't look at the answer immediately.

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Go, go and sit, sit down with a piece of
pencil, paper pen, or whatever and see if

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you can figure out who wins in best play
if left goes first, who wins in best play

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if right goes first.