Connect Four Fan Site | UltraBoardGames
By Rachel Hickman
There are a couple of strategies in connect four.
The first consists in looking ahead a few moves to avoid the opponent to win and in the same time trying to connect four checkers.
The other strategy is looking for a win in the long run.
Most of the games ends between 35th and 42nd move when you or the opponent is forced to make a particular move since there's only one column available.
Then people think that the winner is lucky, but that's not it. An expert player is able to make this happen much time before. …
