Boxline

Boxline Daily endgame — 2026-09-16

A verified 5×5-box endgame with 10 edges left. Player 1 must secure a win or draw.

Puzzle ID
daily-v2:2026-09-16:bx1-d8a2bb57
Board size
5×5
Player to move
1
Initial score
9–5
Remaining legal edges
10
Objective
Win or draw
Difficulty
challenging

Starting position

5×5 boxes, 10 legal edges remain. Ivory marks belong to Player 1 and coral marks belong to Player 2.

This position is exact-validated because no more than 12 edges remain. Analysis is shown only after the challenge is completed.

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Technical edge list

[["h:3:3",0],["v:1:4",1],["v:4:1",0],["h:1:2",1],["h:5:1",0],["h:3:0",1],["v:2:1",0],["h:5:0",1],["v:2:0",0],["h:3:1",1],["h:4:3",0],["v:1:5",1],["h:0:0",0],["h:3:4",1],["v:4:4",0],["v:4:3",1],["h:5:3",0],["h:0:1",0],["v:1:0",1],["h:4:0",0],["h:2:0",1],["h:1:4",1],["v:0:3",0],["v:3:3",1],["h:5:4",0],["h:1:3",1],["h:2:1",0],["v:1:1",1],["v:3:1",0],["h:2:4",1],["h:2:3",1],["v:3:5",0],["v:4:0",1],["h:5:2",1],["v:3:4",0],["v:0:4",0],["h:0:3",1],["v:2:5",1],["v:0:5",0],["h:4:4",1],["h:2:2",1],["v:2:4",0],["v:3:0",0],["v:0:0",0],["h:0:2",1],["v:2:3",0],["h:0:4",0],["v:1:3",0],["v:4:5",0],["h:1:0",0]]