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Chain
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A chain consists of

one stone and all stones strictly connected to that stone and only those.

Bill Spight: I know that Dieter is interested in a formal definition. But I think that it is valuable to have a human friendly definition, as well. :-) How's this?

A chain is a group of stones that are connected along the lines of the board.

Another term used in this sense is "string".


Charles Matthews In various places, these have been called 'armies' and 'units'. And 'group', of course, somewhat loosely. I prefer 'chain': this term is rarely going to be confusing.



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