The 2048 Blog

The thinking behind the tiles — the corner-snake strategy that turns 2048 from luck into logic, and the AI search algorithm that plays it perfectly so you can watch and learn.

Strategy

The Corner-Snake Strategy That Wins 2048

Why anchoring your biggest tile in a corner and building a descending snake is the most reliable route to the 2048 tile — and the exact move pattern to repeat.

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Inside the AI

How the 2048 AI Solver Works: Expectimax Explained

Slide, merge, and a coin-flip tile spawn. Here is how an expectimax search with a corner-snake heuristic looks moves ahead and plays the strongest one every time.

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