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Every child knows
how to play this game.
You make a square of
nine cells,
and each of the two players, playing alternately, puts his mark (a
nought
or a cross, as the case may be) in a cell with the object of getting
three in a line.
Whichever player first gets three in a line wins with
the exulting cry:
"Tit,
tat, toe,
My last go;
Three jolly
butcher boys
All in a row."
It is a very
ancient game. But if the two players
have a
perfect
knowledge of it, one of three things must always happen.
(1) The first
player should win;
(2) the first player should lose; or
(3) the game
should always be drawn.
Which is correct?
See answer
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