Solved Games
📋 What it is
A "solved" game has a known perfect strategy — with flawless play the result (win/lose/draw) is guaranteed.
🗣️ Coach says
Some games are fully cracked by math and computers: play perfectly and the outcome is fixed. Connect-4 is a first-player win; other games are forced draws. Knowing a game is solved tells you what perfect play even looks like.
🧠 Memory hook
Solved = perfect play has a known result. Learn what "perfect" means.
😂 Giggle
Why did the Reversi piece keep changing its mind?
Because it kept getting flipped!
😲 Whoa!
Checkers was completely solved in 2007 after 18 years of computation — perfect play is always a draw.
✅ Quick check: What does it mean for a game to be "solved"?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Its perfect-play result (win, lose, or draw) is known and provable — a flawless strategy exists for at least one side.
Understanding "solved" reframes strategy as approaching known-best play.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Look up one solved game and note its perfect-play result (win or draw).