🔵 Co Ganh
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"Co Ganh — a beginner's guide"
Co Ganh** is a folk game of Vietnam played on a 5×5 board with diagonals at certain intersections (Alquerque-style). Each side has **8 discs** — red on the top two rows, blue on the bottom two...
Cờ Gánh Endgames: Winning by Blockade, Liberty Races, and the Two Faces of the Fortress
As the board thins, Cờ Gánh becomes arithmetic: winning by leaving the opponent no move, liberty races between mutually surrounded groups, the endgame carry trap, and why a self-surround fortress can become a coffin.
Cờ Gánh Tactics: Double Captures, Group Surrounds, and the Mandatory-Capture Trap
Force a bad mandatory capture, pre-load the axes for double carries at the centre, count breathing points to strangle whole groups — three ideas that decide strong Cờ Gánh games.