Abstract
A notion of union-connection in the game of Hex is introduced as a generalization of the well-known virtual connection. This is applied to obtain two easy-to-verify winning strategies in 7 × 7 Hex. The extensive use of union-connection along with some related techniques leads to a new proof for the solution of 8 × 8 Hex. It is a win for the first player (Black).
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