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FightClub
Problem of the month: February 2021
A previously unreleased endgame problem.
SO MANY MARBLES, SO LITTLE TIME
TURN: BLACK
Black to play.
Try both sides and see what happens. Good game!
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Create a Discord account an join the Abalone fanbase
In the right hand column of this blog (on a personal computer) or lower on the page (on a mobile phone), a widget invites you to join the Abalone Discord. This server replaces the former free forum aceboard.net, closed for many years now. Like aceboard.net was, Abalone by the fans for the fans is dedicated to every aspects and topics related to our favorite game 🙂
Of course a Discord account is required to access it (in the same way as you need to be on WhatsApp to join the Abalone WhatsApp group for chatting and meeting players to play online). But not everyone has a Discord account. So here is an help page to show you how you can get started on Discord, and join us on Abalone by the fans for the fans if you wish 😉
Thank you to Claudie and OCJ for the pictures 👋
FightClub
Problem of the month: January 2021
A previously unreleased endgame problem.
THE DEAD COLUMN
TURN: BLACK
Black to play and win with as few moves and marbles as possible.
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The Abalone team wishes you the best for 2021!
I share here with you the best wishes from the Abalone official website you can find here.
The Abalone team wishes you the best for 2021.
Happy New Year!
FightClub
Problem of the month: December 2020
A previously unreleased endgame problem based on an online game:
GET OUT OF IT (OR NOT)
TURN: WHITE 
Play one side then the other to see what it does…
Don’t make any mistake, because in a real game no one will give you anything, even at Christmas time! 
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Problem of the month: November 2020
A previously unreleased endgame problem.
KIDNAPPING AT THE BORDER
!!!
TURN: WHITE
You play White, you are on the move, and you try to save Private I9.
Will White troops be able to prevent the Dark forces from killing their hostage?
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Democratic game
Abalone is one of the most democratic games:
all marbles are equal.
*
You can have the center and still lose:
2020 US Presidential Election Map by state (updated in november 9, 2020).
🗽
Democrats wins by eject.
Every marble counts. Count every marbles!
FightClub
Problem of the month: October 2020
A previously unreleased endgame problem.
BLACK MARBLES MATTER
Let’s tell you now what it’s about: they are on the verge of victory, but everything will depend on their mobilization and strategy.
TURN: BLACK ⚫
You play Black, you are on the move, and you will survive.
Black marbles play and will win without violence
but with some forcing moves.
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Problem of the month: September 2020
A previously unreleased endgame problem based on an online game (game 32716 played on MiGs, Belgian daisy, Gengis Khan vs boulet*, december 31, 2016).
THE HELPLESS TRIANGLE
TURN: BLACK ⚫
You play Black and Black is on the move
Black plays and wins quickly by losing only one marble.
FightClub
* Gengis Khan (Pierre Alfaro, France) and boulet (Julien Piat, France) are among the ten best Abalone players in the world for years. Julien Piat won bronze at the Online Abalone World Championship 2020, which took place on Vincent Frochot’s website abal.online.
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