The Dots and Boxes Game

by Elwyn R. Berlekamp (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-1568811291

ISBN-10: 1568811292

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The game of Dots-and-Boxes, the popular game in which two players take turns connecting an array of dots to form squares, or "boxes" has long been considered merely a child's game. In this book, however, the author reveals the surprising complexity of the game, along with advanced strategies that will allow the reader to win at any level of gameplay desired. This book is an essential guide to the game of Dots-and-Boxes and its mathematical underpinnings. Chapters of strategy are interspersed with dozens of sample problems and their solutions. Furthermore, the strategies can be applied to several other games, such as Strings-and-Coins and Nimstring.

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Publisher : Routledge (July 18, 2000)
Language: : English
Paperback : 131 pages
ISBN-10 : 1568811292
Reading age : 8 years and up
Item Weight : 7.2 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.33 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #323,536 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #210 in Math Games
- #1,840 in Mathematics (Books)

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Good Book

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2015

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Covers every level of strategy in dots-and-boxes in a manner that even someone with no knowledge of game theory could easily understand. Demonstrates the modelling of the game with "strings and coins" and, to the best of my knowledge, is the only book that acknowledges possible violations of the long chain rule in very close scored games.

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Jon

curious book

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2018

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Must see the book. Very well written.

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Tyrell Capers

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2017

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Anyone serious about learning CGT should know Berlekamp's works

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Marek Komorowski

good book and good game

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2009

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Dots and boxes is a very interesting simple abstract game with not an easy strategy to play, this book gives you an idea how to play this game, amazingly this small game is probably one of the best abstract games, comparable to go and better than chess.

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Maurizio De Leo

The only book about Dots and Boxes to my knoweledge

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2002

This book is one of a kind, and will show you that the game of Dots and Boxes is far from trivial, in spite of the common idea. It will also show you some very high-quality technical stuff about this game.The main issue is that the book is born as a collection of problems, and the try to turn it into a full-fledged book wasn't completely successful. The explanations are lacking in clarity and the result is that you have a very good series of positions and problems, but not the knoweledges for solving them

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James B. Apple

Incomplete

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2001

Although the subject matter is enticing and the introduction thorough, the text proper falls short. The examples come with minimal, if any, explanation, leaving it to the reader to actually make conjectures and prove lemmas. This book seems to have been writtem more as a private notebook for someone who already understands the game rather than an explanation for neophytes.

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Brian Kelly

Not a good introduction to, or explanation of, the game.

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2007

This book dives right into various scenarios and problems to solve without giving a good introduction to the game. After the first chapter it jumps right to a set of problems without giving you any indication of what exactly you're meant to be solving. I suspect it's targeted more for math teachers/students than a general audience.

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mjg

Dont buy,its not good.

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2015

I got the free sample of this game and when I looked on it,it turned out to be just a book. DONT buy!!

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Ossie

Good book with some repeated content

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 18, 2014

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This is a must have for anyone wanting to play this game to expert level. A lot of the theory in this book is in Winning Ways already (volume 3 I think), but it does have some new perspectives on it. There are 100 dots and boxes puzzles and answers which is the main value of the book. (some have mistakes in and you can search the internet to see extra comments about these puzzles). Personally I used to book to understand the theory and also to test an engine I wrote in javascript (dotsandboxes.org).

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