How to play and organize games?
- Sándor Dobos
- 35 lessons, 7 days
- 1 Lesson(s)
- English - B1
- 27 July 2025
Description:
We will play and analyze two-player games. Many different and interesting games! Create strategies, learn NIM strategy. For games with finite positions define graph models and use Grundy numbers. Organizing tournaments is not easy, especially if someone would like to do it in rounds. We are going to investigate this problem, to determine the possible parameters of a tournament if the number of participants of each game is a given (small) value.
Aims and objectives:
To play and enjoy games! To understand the logic and planning process of playing games. To be able to determine the winning positions, decide between possible moves the right one. To organize a tournament is a problem of everyday life (table tennis, chess or football tournament). To find the possible parameters, which allow to organize a proper championship, where each participant meets exactly once.
Learning outcomes:
The participants will learn a lot about two aspects of games:
- how to play them, build strategies (NIM, Grundy).
- how to organise a tournament (Steiner triple system, link with finite geometry).
Please click here to register if you wish to participate in this course.
