The Daily Mancala challenge for October 4, 2026: same opponent, same starting side, for every player in the world.
Sunday caps the week with the deepest-searching opponent — endgame counting decides it.
Puzzle #65 of the daily run falls on October 4, 2026. The configuration is fixed by the date itself, so replays and rebuilds never change it.
The computer sows the opening move on this board. On this 48-stone deal, exactly one of the six opening sows (pit 3) lands its last stone in the store for a free extra turn, and none of them exposes an immediate capture in reply, so the first exchange is about tempo rather than traps.
At full strength the computer counts the endgame early — hoard tempo, and do not let your side empty first on bad terms.
The archive holds 64 earlier boards. New to Kalah? Learn the rules step by step; veterans can study opening strategy instead.