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Examples Of Play
In Kensington

Sample Game 1

 Here Blue starts and is a bit smarter than Red. A moved piece is indicated by '>'. So A1>A2 means a piece is moved from position A1 to A2. Note that your own pieces are slid to an adjacent point, but in moving your oppo's pieces you may pick them up and place them any where on the board. The movers are the triangle, the square and the 'house'.
Remarks by Blue 1st
Phase		 Player One Mover Player Two Mover Remarks by Red
My favourite opening 1 R3   G1    
Sets up a square 2 U1   R2   Interrupt Blue's square/triangle
3 on my hex already 3 N3   N2   Again. Poor start for me.
I'm controlling Red. 4 Q2   T2   Only 2 open on Blue's hex. Must attack.
Red must follow my lead. 5 W1   U3   Must stop a square/triangle.
Ready for a triangle... 6 Q1   N1   Stop square.
Bingo! see Note 1 below 7 Q3 Triangle
T2>P2		 T2   Must replace space on Blue's hex.
Attack the hex first. 8 J1   J2   Bringing my pieces back to my hex.
  9 J3   F2    
2 on Red's hex. 10 C2   D3   Getting a square ready...
Bust it up. 11 G2   A3   Another on my hex. Another square...
  12 D1   A2   Only real option.
Stops that. 13 A1   F3   Another go.
Looking for a triangle on C. 14 F1   O1   Go for a triangle on O.
With its last move, Red would go for O2 and then one move R2>O2 gives Red a triangle. Playing C1 forces Red to block it. 15 C1   C3   Curses. I'm in a bad position, pieces scattered all over. Could go for a hex on the centre white.
  2nd
Phase		          
My best option is to re-do the triangle on Q. 16 Q3>M3   N2>R1   Going for a triangle on O.
I have to do 2 moves before re-doing Q. 17 G2>G3   R2>O3   2 moves will do it.
2nd move. 18 G3>G2   O1>O2   Here we go...
Bingo! I was going to move C3 but will have to move O3 instead. 19 M3>Q3 Triangle
O3>E1		 U3>U2   Curses. What do I do now?
Try same again. 20 Q3>M3   U2>R2   2 moves and I have a triangle.
This isn't going to work. I need 3 moves to complete. see Note 2 below 21 G2>G3   R1>O1    
Got to move fast. 22 G3>K3   R2>O3 Triangle
D1>E2		 Yay! Gotcha!!!
Triangle. This frees up my triangle at C. 23 M3>Q3 Triangle
C3>X2		 D3>D1   Going for a square.
Triangle. Busts up Red's square. 24 F1>C3 Triangle
A3>H2		 A2>A3    
  25 C3>F1   O2>K2    
  26 C1>C3   E1>E3    
Triangle. 27 A1>C1 Triangle
N1>X3		 E3>H1    
Square. This removes the only red on my hex. A win is now inevitable. 28 J3>N1 Square
K2>M1
& T2>P3		 O1>O2    
  29 Q2>T2   O2>S1    
WIN! 30 Q1>Q2 Win!      
Note 1 - Blue says "I'm happy here. I've got 5 out of 6 on my hex. I've got one of Red's pieces out of use. Now to attack!"
Red says "A poor start for me. I'm just chasing Blue around. But I have a square forming on J"
Note 2 - Blue says "Yikes. This is going horribly wrong. I can't stop Red making a triangle. I made 2 mistakes. Move 18 should have been to K3. A wasted opportunity. Secondly, move 20 should have been R3>R2, to block U2 moving up. Moving a piece off my hex is bad, but is better than losing the game."
Red says "I know I have a chance now. I can make a triangle. But things are bad for me, my pieces are too scattered to do much else. Which of Blue's should I remove? I could take one from his triangle at Q, but I need more than that. I'll go for a square at D."
Blue wins. Blue got off to a good start, filled its hex quickly, attacked Red well, got a triangle in waiting at C. But Blue almost blew it, letting Red make a triangle. Red started badly, was too scattered. Red only got one piece on Blue's hex, so Blue only needed to remove one piece to get a win. But Red's big mistake was move 1. If you're second, attack is the best defence.
Let's look at another game, where Red attacks straight off. Sample Game 2. When I get round to it.
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