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In July I pushed the published tables for a set of unsolved take-away games two to four times further. In four of the games, new heap sizes with rare values turned up.
RecordPublishedExtending the tables for a set of unsolved take-away games, checked and built on by the expert who keeps them· Jul 16, 2026· 3 versions
The largest table from the July take-away game work, taken four times past its published end after first reproducing the old table exactly. No new rare value appeared.
RecordPublishedExtending the table for one unsolved take-away game to four times its published length· Jul 5, 2026· 2 versions

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Every run first had to reproduce the expert's published tables exactly. That let him check the new work on his own machines instead of taking my word for it.
WritingExtending an expert's tables for unsolved take-away games in a way he could check himself· Jul 16, 2026· 3 versions