

You may never lose Tic Tac Toe, but you can never win at it either. Tic Tac Toe is not a game of strategy or skill – it is a game of luck.

This means that Tic Tac Toe is a game you cannot win because the other player will always be able to counter your move, and put you in a position where Tic Tac Toe cannot continue. So if you want a 'strategy' for player 2, it really comes down to just not losing. Going second there is no way to force a win without 2 misplays from the first player. And it's too short to really get any initiative as the second player, even for children. On a 3×3 square board, you must always play first. As you know, tic tac toe is a solved game that end in a tie with optimal play. Not because Tic Tac Toe is too complicated or challenging, but because Tic Tack Toe cannot be won under any circumstance. It may seem like no big deal to have access to an infinite number of games, but it means that playing Tic Tac Toe is impossible. Tic Tac Toe is infinite in the sense that there is an infinite number of games that can be played with only two players.

Tic Tac Toe is a game played between two players on a 3×3 square board and has been around for thousands of years. When I was young, my father taught me Tic Tac Toe. No, it is impossible to beat yourself in Tic Tac Toe.
