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Move 180-213: Mohannad suspects the spy and tries to capture it with a scout.
Invincible defends well with the general and marshal and Mohannad gives up,
scouting a major instead.
Move 214-236: Mohannad attacks with his unknown marshal and known general.
Invincible defends with known marshal and known general. Invincible is carefull
of the unknown piece, not attacking it with his general, but not giving him a
chance to scout the spy either. It ends when Mohannad attacks the general with
his marshal and loses his marshal. This is a fair trade, but now Invincible knows
Mohannad’s highest piece (the general) so he is finally able to attack.
Move 249-260: Mohannad attacks on the flag side with a major. Invincible’s
defenses are too thin there because the marshal was drawn to the fight in the
middle of the board. He pushes back the remaining defender and hits an unmoved
piece in front of the flag, weakening this side even further. He then hits a bomb in
front of the suspected flag, making it even more likely that the flag is actually
there. Invincible is leading by a colonel and two majors, but has few low pieces
and a weak flag side. He doesn’t consider himself up enough to close his defense.
He underestimates both his lead and how obvious his flag has become.
Move 260-274: Invincible instead attacks with a marshal and colonel, pushing the
general back in defense. He takes a strong position in the centre. His path to the
flag-side is blocked by the spy and general though, so his flag defenses are
dangerously weak.
Move 279: Invincible takes the miner that he scouted in move 102 with his
colonel.
Move 288-303: Invincible moves his second colonel to attack too and traps a
moved piece in the centre. Mohannad moves with a miner to the suspected flag.
He takes the bomb and Invincible hits his miner with his own.
Move 303-313: Both Invincible and Mohannad attack. Invincible advances his
spy to use it for more information; Mohannad advances a sergeant to the flag.
Invincible makes no move to defend, still considering his lead insufficient and
preferring attack.
Move 314: Mohannad captures the flag and wins the game.
Summary Mohannad vs. Invincible (1-0):
Invincible played a very careful game, but put too little pressure on his opponent. His
first mistake was to move his marshal too early. He didn’t really have anything he could
do with it so it only gave away important information. He also doesn’t really know how
to find the information he needs and this limits his ability to attack. He gave Mohannad
too much freedom to dominate the game and this was not in his advantage. His second
mistake was that he didn’t recognize he had to defend the flag. He only gives much value
to defense when he has a very clear lead, but should also do so when his flag is
vulnerable in games that are even or where he has a small lead.
To improve, the program needs to get a plan to find the location of the highest enemy
piece and the spy and the strategic defense plan must be activated when the flag becomes
vulnerable. He also should not move his marshal as early as he did this game.
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