Morpion Solitaire - October 2013 News

Morpion Solitaire - List of the site's news added October 24th 2013

121 moves at the 5D game proved by Akitoshi Kawamura, Takuma Okamoto, Yuichi Tatsu, Yushi Uno, and Masahide Yamato

<< Yushi Uno presenting the new upper bound at CCCG 2013, August 2013 (Waterloo, Canada)

Two grids of 82 moves at the 5D game by Tristan Cazenave, equalling the record score of Chris Rosin.
Excellent old grid of 206 moves at the 5T+ game by Michel Broca, less than Marc Bertin's record score (216 moves), but constructed before the first 5T+ records published in Science & Vie in 1974
Again impressive enumerations from Michael Quist:

Three iPhone apps added, "JoinFive" by IRD Systems, "AndDotsForAll" by Henrik Carslström, "Magoty" (5T+) by MakHol Production
After iPhone apps, the first Android: "Infinity Morpion Solitaire" by Pascal Vergneau, "Join Five Morpion Solitaire" by Yongwei Luan
For smartphones, now only missing a Windows Phone app... I hope soon!
New version 2 of the internet app by Daniel Tomasiewicz, playing at 5T/5D, 4T/4D, finite 3T/3D, and "custom"
Another internet app, JoinFive.com by Radek Bagienski, playing at 5T/5D, and "pipe"

Thanks to Tangente for their paper on Rosin's record of 178 moves
Book Le Berloquin des jeux de table, including rules of Morpion Solitaire, republished in 2010 by Editions Marabout
In March 2012, the website proposed Morpion Solitaire as a puzzle

Not truly on the game of Morpion Solitaire...
...but in the website, because on "Morpion"!

Title of the novel, with a pupil playing Morpion Solitaire at school, found by Frédéric Biret:

It is now sure that the Morpion island, Québec disappeared in 1914-1916, according a book on the history of Saint-Jean-des-Piles (webpage in French)
For the eight places named Morpion, added links (under each title of place) locating them on maps, thanks to Google Maps, Bing Maps, IGN Géoportail, or others ( webpage in French)