Kutamba sei tic-tac-toe
Context:Hapana mutemo unobvumwa kwose kwose wokuti ndiani anotanga kutamba, asi munyaya ino musangano wokuti X anotanga kutamba ndiwo unoshandiswa.  Vatambi nokukurumidza vanowana kuti kutamba kwakanakisisa kunobva kumativi ose kunotungamirira kukukweva. Nokudaro, tic-tac-toe kazhinji kazhinji inotambwa navana vaduku avo vangave vasina kuwana mutoo wakanakisisa.  Nemhaka yokusava nyore kwe tic-tac-toe, inowanzoshandiswa sechishandiso chokudzidzisa chokudzidzisa pfungwa dzomutambo wakanaka uye bazi reungwaru hwekugadzira hunobata nokutsvaka miti yemitambo. Zviri nyore kunyora purogiramu yekombiyuta kuti iite tic-tac-toe zvakakwana kana kuti kuverenga nzvimbo 765 dzakasiyana-siyana (kuoma kunzwisisa kwenzvimbo yehurumende) kana kuti 26,830 mitambo inogoneka kusvika pakutenderera uye kufungidzira (kuoma kwemuti wemutambo) pane iyi nzvimbo. Kana vatambi vose vari vaviri vakatamba zvakanaka, mutambo wacho unoguma wakundwa, zvichiita kuti tic-tac-toe ive mutambo usina maturo.
Tic-tac-toe inotambwa pamutsetse wevatatu-ne-vatatu nevatambi vaviri, avo vanochinjana kuisa zviratidzo X naO mune imwe yenzvimbo pfumbamwe mumutsetse. Tic-tac-toe (American English), noughts and crosses (Commonwealth English), kana Xs and Os (Canadian kana Irish English) mutambo wemapepa nemapenzura wevatambi vaviri vanochinjana kupenda nzvimbo dziri mu-three-by-three grid neX kana O. Mutambi anobudirira kuisa zvitatu zvezviratidzo zvavo mumutsara wakatwasuka, wakatwasuka, kana diagonal ndiye anokunda. Ndiwo mutambo wakagadziriswa, nekumanikidzwa kurova uchifungidzira kutamba kwakanakisa kubva kune vese vatambi.