Game variant: Pi Olympic

The Pi Olympic Game is a variation of the Olympic Formation. The point of departure is the begin position of the Master Pi Game while the endpoint is the Olympic Formation, with this difference however, that white and black are reverse as shown in the end position diagram below. In this variation the hexagons 5 to 8 and 57 to 60 may not be used to crown laureates because these places are reserved for destination points of the pioneers. This restriction however is no problem as will become evident. Witness the symmetrical end position of the laureates, they are arranged in mirror image position. This game proceeds smoothly and harmoniously. It requires on the average 2.5 moves per mp to come to the end point.

Game report Pi Olympic

Begin position Pi Olympic
Hexagon numbers white	Mp	Hexagon numbers black
5	Regent	61
4	Magister	60
3,6	Minister	59,62
2,7	Wise man	58,63
1,8	Templar	57,64
9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16	Pioneer	49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56

 

Game diagrams Pi Olympic
Begin position	End position
Hover the ponter over the game boards to reveal the hexagon numbers

 

End position Pi Olympic
Hexagon numbers white	Mp	Hexagon numbers black
32	Regent	48
31	Magister	47
13,17	Minister	49,52
9,10	Wise man	55,56
11,12	Templar	53,54
5,6,7,8,21,22,23,24	Pioneer	41,42,43,44,57,58,59,60

 

Game notation Pi Olympic Explanation of abbreviations and symbols
White    (or the lighter color)		Black    (or the darker color)
z	n hn x n hn (...)	z	n hn x n hn (...)
1	te08 x pi56 (h1	1	te57 x pi09 (h1
2	te01 x pi49 (la1	2	te64 x pi16 (la1
3	te49 x la01 (p)	3	te16 x la64 (p)
4	pi15 - 32	4	pi50 - 33
5	te01 x pi33 (la2)	5	te64 x pi32 (la2)
6	te33 - 37	6	te32 - 27
7	te56 - 40	7	te09 - 25
8	te40 - 38	8	te25 - 26
9	pi12 x te27 (h2)	9	pi53 x te37 (h2)
10	pi11 x te26 (h3)	10	pi54 x te38 (h3)
11	mi06 - 09	11	wi63 - 47
12	mi09 x wi47 (h4)	12	la49 - 63
13	pi13 - 29	13	la63 x pi29 (la3)
14	la16 x la01	14	la29 - 32
15	la01 x pi52 (la3)	15	la32 x re05 (r1)
16	la64 - 48	16	pi37 x pi27
17	la48 x re61	17	pi38 x pi26
18	pi37 - 43   (r1)	18	la16 - 56
19	wi02 - 18	19	la56 x wi18 (h4
20	pi10 x pi27	20	pi10 - 06   (r2)
21	la61 - 29	21	pi55 x pi38
22	la29 - 10	22	pi26 - 22   (r3)
23	la10 x wi58 (h5,r2,s)	23	mi59 x pi55 (h5)
24	la63 - 20	24	mi55 - 40
25*	la52 x ma60 (r3)	25*	la18 - 42
26	mi47 - 49   (r4)	26	ma52 - 33
27	ma04 - 13	27	la42 - 55
28	ma13 x mi40 (h6)	28	la55 x wi07 (h6,r4,s)
29	mi03 - 15	29	mi62 - 52
30	pi27 x pi38	30	pi27 - 21   (r5)
31	mi15 x mi52 (r5)	31	ma33 x re32
32	pi38 - 42   (r6)	32	mi15 - 17   (r6)
33	ma40 - 23	33	pi51 - 46
34	ma23 x pi46 (h7)	34	la01 - 45
35	la20 - 39	35	la45 - 44
36	la39 - 41   (r7)	36	la44 x pi14 (h7)
37	re33 - 47	37	la14 - 39
38	ma46 - 31	38	la39 - 25
39	ma31 x re48	39	la25 - 24   (r7)
40*	re47 x ma48 (slz2)	40*	re31 x ma32 (slz2)

  

Remarks:

• 40*. The key move of friendship: the final peace move of four moving parts, two sets of black an white regents and their magisters of the same colour, simulteneously exchange place.
  Both regents com on a white hexagon next to their magister.
• The addition of the number of redemptions (h) + realisations (r) + key move = 16
  In this game variant 'Pi Olympic': (h7) + (r7) + (slz2) = 16