Connect 4 Tournament (Round 1)

2 empty comlumns are so freakin hard to calculate

I wonder if it was possible to draw tbh, after I think about it even if I get first tile column 8 as long as they have a diagonal somewhere between row 3-6 they will have a winning play imo. With the the 4th column getting blocked I had 0 agency on it and trying to create my wincon in it was ultimately my downfall as the right part crumbled.

Quote from ripia

Yeah you shouldnt have let that diagonal connect 3 happen

at the point the 3 got together it was too late I believe, it was when he created the 2 in the 6th column that I lost imo. If I had first tile on the 8th column it would have been different but with only the 2nd tile it was too late. Diagonals are very strong, you need to defend them dozens of move before