Re: New Game: Torus

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As far as I can see, Mark Steere is not familiar with the concept of
virtual connections - perhaps not so suprising considering he boasts
of not being a player himself. On the board Bill Taylor supplied:

> > .   .   o  .
> >   .   .   .   .
> > .   .   o  .
> >   .   .   .   .

.... the two stones in questions have a connection already. You don't
need to play more stones, and connection game player can see that they
are connected into a loop - with the virtual connection known as
bridges. In Mark Steere's example,

 .   .   .   .
   .   o   .   o
 .   .   .   .
   .   .   .   .

they are not.

To appreciate the difference, play out the games (with x to move).