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Extreme TicTacToe Tournament

• The Extreme TicTacToe is an extension of 4x4 TicTacToe which in turn is an extension of standard 3x3 TicTacToe. Extreme TicTacToe comprises of a 4x4 board in which each cell further is a 4x4 board.
• The game is between two teams.
• Player 1 marks ‘x’ and Player 2 marks ‘o’ on the board.
• The player who makes a legitimate pattern wins the whole board.

Rules

• FIRST MOVE: The first player takes the first move and it is a free move. The player is free to move anywhere i.e. in any cell of any SmallBoard.
• CORRESPONDENCE RULE: When a player places his marker inany of the cell, the next player can only place marker in a SmallBoard corresponding to that cell. For Example: If a player places his marker in Top Right Corner cell of a SmallBoard then the next player canonly place his marker in available cells of the Top Right Corner SmallBoard.
• ABANDON RULE: Once a SmallBoard is won by some player, that SmallBoard is abandoned and it has to be considered full, i.e. no more markers can be placed in that SmallBoard.
• OPEN MOVE: In case all the cells of the destined SmallBoard from “Correspondence Rule” are occupied or if the the destined SmallBoard is abandoned according to “Abandon Rule”, then the move is considered to be an open move, i.e. the player can move anywhere, on any available cell of any SmallBoard, given that SmallBoard is not abandoned.
• BONUS MOVE: If a player places his marker in a cell of a SmallBoard and this leads to the player winningthat SmallBoard, then the he/she gets a bonus move, i.e., he/she gets to move again. This bonus move is limited to 2 SmallBoard wins, i.e., If you winanother SmallBoard by placing the marker again in your bonus move, you don’t get another bonus move.
• WIN RULE: The player who places their markers on 4 cells of a SmallBoard such that they form a vertical or horizontal line or 4 cells such that they form a diamond win that SmallBoard. Similarly, playerwho wins 4 SmallBoards such that they form a vertical or horizontal line or win 4 SmallBoards such that they form a diamond win the whole game.