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<hex>R4, C10, Vc1, Vc2, Hb2, Hd2, Hb4, Vc3, Hc4, Vd3, Hd4, Ve3, He4, Vf3, Hf4, Vj3</hex> | <hex>R4, C10, Vc1, Vc2, Hb2, Hd2, Hb4, Vc3, Hc4, Vd3, Hd4, Ve3, He4, Vf3, Hf4, Vj3</hex> | ||
| − | Red (vertical) to move. In this situation red has a sure win due to his ladder escape on j3. Of course he can start another ladder playing a4 but in that case, blue has a ladder escape on b2. | + | Red (vertical) to move. In this situation red has a sure win due to his [[Ladder escape|ladder escape]] on j3. Of course he can start another ladder playing a4 but in that case, blue has a ladder escape on b2. |
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| + | == Pre-Ladder Formations == | ||
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| + | <hex>R5 C5 Hb2 Vc2 Hd2 Hb4</hex> | ||
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| + | <hex>R5 C5 Vb2 Va4 Ha5</hex> | ||
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| + | <hex>R5 C5 Ve1 Vd3 He3 Hc4 Hd4</hex> | ||
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| + | == Ladder Handling == | ||
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| + | There are three ways for the attacking player to "win" in a ladder situation: | ||
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| + | # Making use of an existing [[Ladder escape|ladder escape]] piece | ||
| + | # Creating a new ladder escape with a [[Ladder escape fork]] | ||
| + | # [[Cornering]] | ||
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| + | == Specific Ladder Strategies == | ||
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| + | [[Parallel ladder|Parallel ladder trick]] | ||
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| + | [[Yielding]] | ||
Revision as of 07:32, 6 February 2005
A ladder is a situation in which both players move perpendicularly to an edge making a straight unbroken chain. The attacking player's chain is almost always further from the edge. Here is an example of the ladder starting from b4 and c3.
Red (vertical) to move. In this situation red has a sure win due to his ladder escape on j3. Of course he can start another ladder playing a4 but in that case, blue has a ladder escape on b2.
Pre-Ladder Formations
Ladder Handling
There are three ways for the attacking player to "win" in a ladder situation:
- Making use of an existing ladder escape piece
- Creating a new ladder escape with a Ladder escape fork
- Cornering
