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I Solved Connect 4

2swap Apr 8, 2026 14:19
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Try Opera Browser here! https://opr.as/Opera-browser-twoswap If you liked this, please support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/2swap You can support the musician, 6884, on Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/iam6884 Check out his music here! https://6884.bandcamp.com/ This video was rendered using SwapTube! https://github.com/2swap/swaptube Want to practice your Connect 4 skills? Join the 2swap discord! https://discord.gg/XDb7x2BZAE Sources: Allis (1988): A Knowledge-based Approach of Connect-Four / https://tromp.github.io/c4/connect4_thesis.pdf Böck (2025): Strongly Solving 7x6 Connect-Four on Consumer Grade Hardware / https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05267 Allen (2010): The Complete Book of Connect 4 / https://a.co/d/06OC1kW3 John Tromp's 'fhourstones' was used extensively in search. https://tromp.github.io/c4/fhour.html A big thank you to CTL560 who found a whole lot of steady states by hand! Play with the solution yourself! https://2swap.github.io/WeakC4/ Writeup of technical details at: https://2swap.github.io/WeakC4/explanation/ Anki flashcard deck: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1778899069
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