The Four Circles - game variant Metapontum

In this chapter you can find the following pages:

9 game variations to exercise:

Game variant: The Four Circles

In The Four Circles the mp are played to the end position of the Master Pi Game. The allies each have 4 laureates and they finish in mirror position.

Game report The Four Circles

Begin position The Four Circles
Hexagon numbers white	Mp	Hexagon numbers black
10	Regent	50
15	Magister	55
17,18	Minister	41,42
14,16	Wise man	54,56
1,2	Templar	58,57
4,6,7,9,11,20,22,23	Pioneer	44,46,47,49,51,60,62,63

Game diagrams The Four Circles
Begin position	End position

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

Game notation The Four Circles 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	ma15 - 03	1	ma55 - 59
2	ma03 x pi51 (la1)	2	ma59 x pi11 (la1)
3	la59 x ma11 (p)	3	la03 x ma51 (p)
4	pi22 - 27	4	pi46 - 35
5	ma03 x pi35 (la2)	5	ma59 x pi27 (la2
6	la59 x ma27 (p)	6	la03 x ma35 (p)
7	pi06 - 22	7	pi62 - 46
8	mi17 x pi46	8	mi41 x pi22
9	ma03 x mi22 (h1)	9	ma59 x mi46 (h1)
10	te01 x pi17 (la3)	10	te57 x pi41 (la3)
11	te17 x pi49	11	te41 x pi09
12	pi07 x te09	12	pi63 x te49
13	te63 - 64 (r1)	13	te07 - 08 (r1)
14	ma22 - 12	14	ma46 - 52
15	pi41 x wi56 (r2)	15	pi17 x wi16 (r2)
16	la11 x wi41	16	la51 x wi17
17	wi51 - 63 (r3)	17	wi11 - 07 (r3)
18	ma12 x pi44 (h2)	18	ma52 x pi20 (h2)
19	la41 - 15 (p)	19	la17 - 55 (p)
20	ma44 - 53	20	ma20 - 13
21	la15 x pi47 (h3)	21	la55 x pi23 (h3)
22	la47 x ma13	22	la23 x ma53
23	la13 x wi54 (r4)	23	la53 x wi14 (r4)
24	wi53 x te58 (r5)	24	wi13 x te02 (r5)
25	ma23 x te53	25	ma47 x te13
26	ma53 - 05	26	ma13 - 61
27	pi04 - 13	27	pi60 - 53
28	ma05 x pi53 (la4)	28	ma61 x pi13 (la4)
29	mi18 - 32	29	mi42 - 40
30	la57 - 25	30	la01 - 33
31	te47 - 41	31	te23 - 17
32	te41 - 57 (r6)	32	te17 - 01 (r6)
33	ma53 x la05 (p)	33	ma13 x la61 (p)
34	re10 - 23	34	re50 - 47
35	la13 x re47	35	la53 x re23
36	re53 - 60	36	re13 - 04
37	ma05 - 53	37	ma61 - 13
38	ma53 - 61	38	ma13 - 05
39	la47 - 13 (p)	39	la23 - 53 (p)
40	la25 - 51 (r7)	40	la33 - 11 (r7)
41	mi32 - 62 (r8)	41	mi40 - 06 (r8)
42	la27 - 46	42	la35 - 22
43	la46 - 50 (r9)	43	la22 - 10 (r9)
44	la13 x pi49 (h4,r10,s)	44	la53 x pi09 (h4,r10,s)
45*	re60 x ma61 (slz2)	45*	re04 x ma05 (slz2)

Remarks:

45*. 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 redemptions (h) + realisations (r) + key move = 16 (in all games)
In this variant 'The Four Circles': (h4) + (r10) + (slz2) = 16
The laureates do not end in mirror image position, why don’t you try to play them in such a way that they do finish symmetrically and send your solution to the Metapontum Foundation.