Tic-tac-toe (or “Noughts and Crosses”) is a game simple enough to implement in any computer system: indeed it’s often used in beginner’s programming courses. A more challenging project ...

Simpler games like tic-tac-toe have been solved for all possible positions for a while now, so even a simple computer will always win or tie the game.

When you’re the first one up, there is a simple strategy on how to win tic tac toe: put your ‘X’ in any corner. This move ...