Tuesday, 28 July 2026

Hive pocket Beetle opening is too strong

1. Beetle, beetle
2. Beetle on beetle (stack 1), pass
3. Queen bee adjacent to beetle, pass
3. Beetle off beetle (b) one space away from queen bee (w), place queen bee equidistant from w. pieces
4. Beetle on beetle (b), move queen bee adjacent to queen bee (w)
5. Beetle on queen bee (b), 

Options for black:

5. (...), beetle on queen bee (w)
... By symmetry, white eventually forces a draw.

5. (...), move beetle one space away from stack (1)
6. Ant traps beetle (b), pass
... By forcing black to pass, white easily surrounds the black queen bee.

I might propose a fix for this in a later post...
I actually should look at past posts for ideas now :-)

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