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[Falseowl]

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Grey: (1 🔲 | 0 ⬛) / Orange: (3 🟨 | 1 🟥) 
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I encountered an infinite loop situation today.
Grey's situation is forced. Orange is risky.

If orange plays 6-2, he pushes the kitten out. Then grey plays 5-1 and pushes orange's kitten out too.

It's not good to let grey turn the kitten into a cat (like 4-1), but that's the only outcome. This will most likely result in grey having a superiority of pieces on the field.
So it seems like the best outcome for orange here is an infinite loop. That is a tie.

I don't know if the mechanics of a draw is built in here by repeating moves like Chess or Go.

[BoopMaster]

Here's a continuation that will still be in orange's favor. You play a kitten on 2-3. This pushes a grey kitten off the board, preventing the all 8-feline rule. It sets you up for a 1 cat + 2 kitten promotion. And grey cannot promote 3 kittens because they're guarding your 2 cats from winning the game.

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Grey: (2 🔲 | 0 ⬛) / Orange: (2 🟨 | 1 🟥) 
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You might wonder what happens if grey promotes on 4-3:

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Grey: (1 🔲 | 3 ⬛) / Orange: (2 🟨 | 1 🟥) 
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That's fine. You can promote as well. It's an even trade, and you'll end up with 1 more cat than grey.

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Grey: (1 🔲 | 3 ⬛) / Orange: (1 🟨 | 4 🟥) 
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You could also play a kitten on 4-2 instead to push the opponent's kitten off the board, and orange is slightly ahead.

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Grey: (2 🔲 | 3 ⬛) / Orange: (1 🟨 | 4 🟥) 
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Grey may respond with a cat on 6-4.

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Grey: (2 🔲 | 2 ⬛) / Orange: (1 🟨 | 4 🟥) 
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[Chomp77]

You may also wonder about putting a kitten on 4-2 instead to push the opponent's kitten off the board and create a threat to win. But this is a very dangerous move for orange.

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Grey: (2 🔲 | 3 ⬛) / Orange: (1 🟨 | 1 🟥) 
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This will graduate your pieces at (4,2), (5,3) and (6,4) though, so it is not even creating a threat to win.

[BoopMaster]

Oh, I missed that. I'm not used to staring at emojis. And I keep forgetting if I subtracted a number from the pool or not.

Time to edit!