Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 15:13:25 08/31/00
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On August 31, 2000 at 17:09:01, Peter Fendrich wrote: >I found the answear at >http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~olympiad/ > >--------------------------------------------- >Briefly: > >The game is played on a 10x10 square board. In the initial position, White has 4 >queens placed at a4, d1, g1 & j4, and Black has 4 queens placed at a7, d10, g10 >& j7. White plays first. Queens move in any vertical, horizontal, or diagonal >line, as many squares as they wish, provided the destination square and those it >slides over are all unoccupied. A move in the game consists of 2 steps. (1) >Moving any queen that can still move. (2) blocking a square now reachable in a >single queen move from the destination square of the moved queen. Once blocked, >squares are never unblocked. The first player unable to move loses. For >tie-breaking purposes, the winner is credited with a "territory" score. This is >the number of vacant squares that could be reached by a winner's queen, given >unlimited further moves. >--------------------------------------------- > >...and the convincing winner was Johan de Koning! >//Peter I guess mobility plays a decisive role in this game, and The King chess engine has always been very good at evaluating mobility! :) Christophe
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