Completeness conjecture for regular Inverse Treblecross positions

Let RR be the regular set of board states, let a state have at most one piece, and let G\mathcal{G} denote its Sprague–Grundy value. Completeness conjecture. The regular set RR contains all board states that possess at most one piece and satisfy G1\mathcal{G} \le 1, with exactly four isolated exceptions:

[1X1],[1X4],[4X1],and[4X4].[1 X 1],\quad [1 X 4],\quad [4 X 1],\quad \text{and}\quad [4 X 4].

These four states are described as isolated anomalies, and empirical data indicates that all other sufficiently long states in their residue classes have G>1\mathcal{G}>1; the completeness of RR beyond the stated exceptions remains unproved.

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Kai Liang and Muxi Li, “A Weak Solution of Inverse Treblecross”, arXiv:2604.16759 (2026).

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