

In this situation you have only one safe square, so you should open that square with a left-click instead of flagging the mine. Here is an example of ineffective flagging: This approach is faster than opening four safe squares individually using the left-click. In the example below, you mark a mine in a corner and then double-click on the circled 1 to open the surrounding four squares simultaneously.

This action opens all squares surrounding a square with a number, if you have marked the number of mines around that number.

If you play using flags, employ the “double-click” technique (press the left and right mouse buttons at the same time). It’s the same with learning patterns-after three years of playing Minesweeper a few hours a day, you don’t have to think about where the mines are when you see these patterns. How to unlock the Greedy achievement in Microsoft Minesweeper (Windows): Gather 10,000 gold in Adventure mode. At the beginning, it takes a lot of time to recognize every single letter, but after a few years you can read quickly, without any effort. Learning to read these patterns is like learning to read a language.
