On the discussion board of *144*Brf's 7th Annual St. Pat's Pente Tourney*144* tournament some players wrote that draw is not possible in regular pente games. They are wrong, draw is possible. Since I'm not a participant of this tournament, I'm writing here.
Here you can see the local fragment, the rest of the board is filled systematically.
OXXXXOOOOX XOOOOXXXXO OXXXXOOOOX XOOOOXXXXO
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At first, players fill columns C,D,G,H etc. After that they fill remained columns. It is easy to see that any piece will not be captured.
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