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Towards solving the 7-in-a-row game

Artificial Intelligence 2021-07-13 v1

Abstract

Our paper explores the game theoretic value of the 7-in-a-row game. We reduce the problem to solving a finite board game, which we target using Proof Number Search. We present a number of heuristic improvements to Proof Number Search and examine their effect within the context of this particular game. Although our paper does not solve the 7-in-a-row game, our experiments indicate that we have made significant progress towards it.

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@article{arxiv.2107.05363,
  title  = {Towards solving the 7-in-a-row game},
  author = {Domonkos Czifra and Endre Csóka and Zsolt Zombori and Géza Makay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.05363},
  year   = {2021}
}
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