KALAH
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- Kalah, also called Kalaha or Mancala, is a game in the mancala family introduced to the West by William Julius Champion Jr in the early 20th century. When someone in the United States refers to "Mancala," they are probably referring to this game, although there are deeper mancala games available: this game heavily favors the starting player, who will always win the three-seed to five-seed versions with perfect play. This game is sometimes also called "Kalahari," by false etymology from the Kalahari desert in Namibia.
- As the most popular and commercially available variant of mancala in the West, Kalah is also sometimes referred to as Warri or Awari, although those names more properly refer to the game Oware.
- KALAH.ZZZ.EE is named after minimax strategy game algorithm written by Ott Köstner.
