3 numbers to add up to 15 game

So during the Anti-Super Bowl party, Guy brought up an interesting game. Let’s say this game exists (no one really plays this game and I’ll explain why later). The game works like this. There are 2 players. Player 1 chooses a number between 1 and 9. Player 2 then chooses a number between 1 and 9, but not any number that has already been picked. This goes back and forth till either player has any 3 numbers that can add up to 15. If all 9 numbers are used and neither player can add up to 15 with 3 numbers in their set, it’s a tie.

Is there a winning path? Does the 1st player always have the advantage since he gets 1 extra number? I’ll let you think about this for a bit and if you’re ready to learn more about the game, open the spoilers.

Spoilers: (Show)

Do you remember magic squares? A 3×3 magic square is defined as having the sum of the numbers in each row, column and diagonal equal to 15.

In a sense, playing the 3 numbers to add up to 15 game is like playing tic-tac-toe, but the spaces are defined by a rotatable and flippable 3×3 matrix of numbers.

Pretty interesting huh?

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