How do you always win at tic tac toe?

How do you always win at tic tac toe?

When you're the first one up, there is a simple strategy on how to win tic tac toe: put your 'X' in any corner. This move will pretty much send you to the winner's circle every time, so long as your opponent doesn't put their first 'O' in the center box. This can make it harder to win, but it can happen.

Is it possible to win Tic Tac Toe going second?

2 Answers. As you know, tic tac toe is a solved game that end in a tie with optimal play. And it's too short to really get any initiative as the second player, even for children. Going second there is no way to force a win without 2 misplays from the first player.

How many different ways can you win tic tac toe?

There are 255168 possible game of Tic-tac-toe excluding symmetry. The first player wins 131184 of these, the second player wins 77904 games and the remaining 46080 are drawn.