Math / Puzzle / Uncategorized · May 1, 2020

Can you win bizarro tic-tac-toe?

You have probably played so many games of tic-tac-toe that you know what the result of the game will be before you start. Mathematicians call that a “solved” game. But change the rules a bit, and you have to relearn it. Try playing tic-tac-toe, but now the first person to get three in a row LOSES. What will happen? Is it better to go first or second?