Each player uses a minimax algorithm (with alpha-beta pruning to reduce infeasible brances of the game tree in order to reduce the size of the search space). Player X and player Y each have their own ...

LCTR (Left Column Top Row) Remove the leftmost column or the top row. Classic impartial game with Sprague-Grundy AI. CRIM (Column Row Immediate Merge) Remove any row or column; divided parts merge ...