Talk:Peg solitaire

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IMO most of this article is poorly written. I would like to rewrite it, but if I do so I would remove all reference to the "standard" board the article discusses at present as I have never heard of such a board. The English and European boards being the ones I know. Should I do such an edit? -- SGBailey 22:47 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I tried counting the positions, and wrote about it, didn't think of checking the size of the board that was already there... For the smaller board size (the one looking like a cross, not a circle) it is simple to count all the positions, in a reasonable time, without running out of computer memory, at least, so complete statistics would be possible. كسيپ Cyp 22:55 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)

The solution presented here is the shortest possible (18 moves) but is not very easy to remember. I suggest adding a second solution where one does 4 "L removals" (one in each arm), and then it's relatively easy to finish the game off. This solution is very easy to remember. Gibell 00:03, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Self promoting links

There is a person who keeps on putting links on Peg solitaire to his/her web page. Those links could be useful, but I think they are too many and they are at the very top of the list of links. I deleted them, but the user put them back. What do you think? Oleg Alexandrov 17:32, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I reedited them into one single line; fair enough, isn't it? (The material at that website looks interesting enough to me.) — Nol Aders 14:33, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Numbers

Just in case anyone cares: 2^33=8,589,934,592, and 2^33/8=1,073,741,824. JTTyler 03:23, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Algorythm/strategy

Other than brute force, intuition, trial and error, or pure memorization, what strategies can be applied to peg solitaire? Why do they work, if they exist? If they don't, why not? Fieari 00:08, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes lots. I've added a reference to the book The ins & outs of peg solitaire, John D. Beasley which goes into this in a lot of detail. One of the techniques is to divide the board up into blocks which you can remove one at a time, ending up with the "fireplace" which you can then solve ending in the centre. 86.3.141.205 20:26, 30 September 2007 (UTC)