Finish with one peg, ideally in the center of the cross-shaped board.
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Finish with one peg, ideally in the center of the cross-shaped board.
Complete guide
Peg Solitaire is a pure move-order puzzle on a cross-shaped board. Every move jumps one adjacent peg into an empty hole and removes the jumped peg; a strong solution finishes with a single centered peg.
The board begins with every valid hole occupied except the center. A legal move travels exactly two holes horizontally or vertically: the neighboring hole must contain a peg and the landing hole must be empty. Diagonal jumps are not allowed.
Each jump removes one peg, so a one-peg finish has a fixed number of moves from the standard start. The game reports a win with one peg remaining and a stuck result when several pegs remain but no legal jump exists.
A peg stranded at the end of an arm cannot return unless another peg remains in exactly the right position. Work outer pegs toward the center and avoid clearing the central lanes too early.
Imagine the last jump landing in the center, then preserve the two positions needed for it. Use undo to study a dead end rather than restarting blindly. A legal hint identifies a move but does not guarantee that every continuation wins.
No. The standard cross-board rules used here allow horizontal and vertical jumps only.
Any single remaining peg wins this implementation. Finishing in the center is the classic target and the cleanest solution, but it is not recorded as a separate result.
No. Many legal opening moves eventually isolate pegs, so move order and future routes matter.
