Tic-Tac-Toe Fork Tactics

Tic-Tac-Toe Fork Tactics

Nice! Very amazing even Tic-Tac-Toe has a fork tactic.

savvavy's avatarSavva Vyatkin

Recently I have made a tic-tac-toe game and uploaded it onto Google Play. Here are the types of strategies in my Tic-Tac-Toe game.

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1. Impossible difficulty: the computer blocks all attempts to win, and can detect when certain strategies are being used against it, which it knows how to counter.

2. Medium difficulty: the computer blocks obvious victories and takes the center, but is susceptible to fork strategies, which it cannot anticipate and counter.

3. Easy difficulty: the computer picks a random tile that is available and moves there.

Below I want to talk about fork tactics that can implemented to beat the computer program. In medium difficulty, the computer can only see one step ahead of when selecting its move. It will win, prevent the player from winning, or select a random tile to move to. With basic planning and some luck, it is possible to win the medium setting…

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