Hi. Anyone generous enough to give me some help here? I have got my python code down to 8 lines and 249 chars.
all tests pass except length of code but I can't seem to get rid of those 9 chars.
would anyone give me some tips? Is it ok to post code here if I check the spoiler box below?

I was probably a bit harsh, but at the time I was frustrated. I'd spent countless hours writing a working solution, all the while contemplating pasting in the answer, but resisting, only to see several offerings with hard coded results.
But anyway, who am I to judge?

incredible. It looks so simple but I could stare at this for a week and not understand why it works.

How can you sleep at night posting something like that? What is the point honestly?

Very clever bit of geometry. So simple in the end.

Very good. :-)

Case issues in the description. You are asked to return 'true' if True or 'false' if False.

I really enjoyed this puzzle and it contrasts quite nicely with NxN connect x which I just completed.
I saw the thread below started by hufftheweevil and am inclined to agree that there is something wrong with the players naming in the puzzle, it's description or the test data.
I interpreted the description to mean that 'player n has a turn' means next turn is player n, but I don't think that is what was intended. I guess I wrote my code to get that result, but when it comes to a win my answer is wrong and I have to tweak to get it right. Hmm. Maybe I am not making sense but it looks to me like something is not quite right.
thanks to Adrian for the challenge though.

I found this kata very difficult, the toughest I have completed so far but it was a useful exercise for me so thanks to Torkel.
I think my solution is very crude and ugly but it works and I am proud.
I spent a long time debugging incorrect solutions until I remembered that -1 as a list index is quite valid codewise but potentially catastrophic for your results.Ah well. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!!!

This is brilliant. A massive thankyou to the author(narayanswa30663 is it?). This is my first ever attempt at writing a class and I am delighted that this kata gives me a very gentle introduction into how to include variable and methods. This is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. I love codewars. I am learning sooo much.