The "Enneas" In the problem

In the problem

gears and rules

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) and they were trying to put them alternately in order to form a straight line or prevent the opponent from accomplishing this

The "Enneas" In the problemIt is a variant of trias that made its appearance during the Hellenistic era and continued to be played up to recently (as enniapetro consisted of nine stones). It was played by two players on a shaded surface that was constituted of three concentric squares linked with the midpoints of their sides. They were thus created in the points of the section of the lines 24 positions for the pieces. The players were holding by nine pawns (of different colour