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====== Pinch ======

Orthogonal connection game where a diagonal of friendly stones can capture adjacent stones that need to be relocated in the same turn. This might result in more relocations starting a chain-reaction.

Inventors: Craig Duncan, João Pedro Neto

===== Rules =====

See [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uJp0J4AAloGinSVW1JBlIuxtyjHO37HUmSyOAIKj0RU|Pinch rules]]. Default **17×17**. Player 1 north–south; player 2 east–west. Orthogonal connection.


===== Variants =====

Boards 9, 13, **17** (default), 19, 21.

==== Flip Pinch ====

Captured stones **flip colour** instead of relocating (''original'').

===== Further details =====

==== Version history ====

  * Current engine version: ''20260423'' (2026-04-23). On Abstract Play since 2026-05-13.

==== Abstract Play ====

  * 2026 redesign of a 2019 concept; the default is relocate-cascades, not flips.

==== Links ====

  * [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uJp0J4AAloGinSVW1JBlIuxtyjHO37HUmSyOAIKj0RU]]
  * [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/285214/pinch]]