Catch Otto #1.
Tuesday 3 November 2026. A medium board. You start on A3 and Otto starts on G8. Columns are A to H, rows are 1 to 8 from the top.
Perfect11
LevelMedium
Caught onH7
The perfect route
→ → → → ↓ ↓ → ↓ → ↓ →
In words: right, right, right, right, down, down, right, down, right, down, right. That catches Otto in 11 moves, the fewest possible however well he runs.
How the catch works
Otto always takes the escape that keeps him free the longest, so the route has to cut off his options one by one. Watch how each move leaves him fewer ways out until he is trapped on H7.