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Win Tic-Tac-Toe every time


As long as you start first, you can win tic-tac-toe nearly every single time. I'm surprised they didn't know this in the '80s.

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No, if you implement the correct strategy, even if you don't go first you can always tie.

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Chuck Norris wins every tic-tac-toe game, even if he starts second!

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LOL. True.

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Chuck wins tic-tac-toe even when he doesn't write a single X or O. The other player is so frightened, they just write Chuck's letter in three times in a row and run off screaming.

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Not if your opponent is playing correctly. Unless one of you makes a mistake the game will always end in a tie. The second player is always able to block the first player from getting three in a row.

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As long as you start first, you can win tic-tac-toe nearly every single time.


No. Only of your opponent is not skilled or less than 8 years old. Otherwise, no.

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It's all about the corner(s). Whoever controls the corner, gets a 'fork', which means, they can either pressure the other to HAVE to put their mark on a very specific square (therefore forcing a tie), or simply win.

If the second player puts the mark in 'not-corner', then the second player loses, because the second player has only 'one option' (only one line to try), but the first player has two (the fork).

It's very simple, but of course a computer would never make such a mistake, so a computer against itself will never win any more than you against you would. Both know the importance of the corner(s).

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"As long as you start first, you can win tic-tac-toe nearly every single time. I'm surprised they didn't know this in the '80s."

Dumbest post ever!
I demand you come back from the imdb grave yard and be humiliated!

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Try this one. First move isn't an indicator of anything.

http://www.half-real.net/tictactoe/

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