I Solved Connect 4
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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!
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