In Black and White: A GIPF Project series, part VII: LYNGK

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Cool write-up.

The Lyngk move allows you to cross the board along an angular path, which is the win condition for Punct.

Thanks.

Yeah, that's a good point about the PÜNCT connection and I guess if I think about it the fact that the LYNGK move passes over what are potentially "opposition" pieces freely is what makes the connection to YINSH. Gradations of thought and all that.

I think the YINSH connection is that you remove your stack from the board once you get all five colors, like how you remove your ring in YINSH once you get a five-in-a-row, thereby in both cases weakening your board position.