32 31 30 +---------------------------------------+ | | o | | | | o | | o | 29 |---------------------------------------| 28 | o | | o | | o | | | | |---------------------------------------| | | | | o | | o | | * | 21 |---------------------------------------| 20 | * | | | | o | | * | | |---------------------------------------| | | * | | o | | | | o | 13 |---------------------------------------| 12 | o | | * | | | | * | | |---------------------------------------| | | * | | | | * | | * | 5 |---------------------------------------| 4 | | | * | | * | | * | | +---------------------------------------+ 3 2 1
Diagram 118.
This is the longest stroke known to have occurred in actual play. The game from which the above position arose went as follows:
Black White
(1) 12-16 21-17 (2) 16-20 17-13 (3) 10-14 23-19 (4) 14-17 19-16 (5) 17-21 16-12 (6) 11-16 22-18 (7) 8-11 25-22 (8) 7-10 26-23 (9) 10-14 24-19 (10) 14-17 31-26 (11) 4-8 19-15
Now the position of the diagram is reached, in which Black wins by
(12) 21-25 30-14 (13) 16-19 23-7 (14) 3-19 12-3 (15) 19-24 28-19 (16) 2-7 3-10 (17) 6-31 13-6 (18) 1-17 22-13 (19) 31-15
Completing a stroke, which removes 18 pieces from the board.
(19) ... 32-27
(20) 15-10 29-25
(21) 5-9
To get the move
(21) ... 13-6 (22) 10-1 25-22 (23) 1-6 22-18 (24) 6-10 27-23 (25) 20-24 23-19 (26) 24-27 18-15 (27) 10-7 19-16 (28) 27-31 15-11 (29) 7-3 16-2 (30) 31-27 11-8 (31) 27-24 8-4 (32) 24-19 4-8 (33) 19-15 8-4 (34) 15-11 and wins.