Re: [math-fun] First player win?

Richard Guy wrote:

Five Field Kono, {\it Symmetry plus}, {\bf22}(Autumn 2003) 16.

Have I missed something, or can't either player force a draw just by leaving one of their pieces in their own starting area? I admit it wouldn't be very sporting style of play. ... or maybe to avoid this problem, moves _cannot_ be backwards? Which also raises the question of what happens if you have no move. Richard/