Sunday 18 October 2026 · The counting duel · Tough
Kind of thinking: Planning + PatternYukti #9 is a Tough counting duel, the puzzle for Sunday 18 October 2026. Yukti, a daily logic puzzle at playyukti.com, gives everyone the same puzzle each day. Here is the puzzle; its route appears here once the free week is over.
The puzzle
Be the one who makes the last move.
You and Bandi move one after the other. Each move adds 1, 3, or 4 to one count, without going past its target. Whoever makes the last move takes the duel.
Bandi never slips. Every move must keep the last move certain to be yours.
In the free week (the past 7 days)
Free to play until Sun 25 October. The route appears here the same day, once nobody can still be playing it.
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