Author: Hans van der Zijden
Date: 14:17:46 04/24/02
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On April 24, 2002 at 14:44:07, Roy Eassa wrote: > >You have a 3x3 chessboard as follows: > >White's king is on c2. >White has pawns on a2, a3, and b3. >White has a queen on c3. >White has a rook on c1. >White has bishops on b1 and b2. >Square a1 is empty. > >White makes consectutive moves with the goal of getting his king to a1 in as few >moves as possible, with the following constraints: > >1) White must NEVER move the king to b2. >2) No pawn or piece can leave the 3x3 chessboard (i.e., the pawns cannot move at >all). > >What's the shortest solution? > > >[Adapted from H.E. Dedeney 1922.] 1.Ba1 2.Qb2 3.Kc3 4.Bc2 5.Rb1 6.Qc1 7.Bb2 8.Ra1 9.Bb1 10.Kc2 11.Bc3 12.Qb2 13.Kc1 14.Bc2 15.Rb1 16.Qa1 17.Rb2 18.Bb1 19.Rc2 20.Bb2 21.Rc3 22.Bc2 23.Kb1 24.Bc1 25.Qb2 26.Ka1 No computer was used in finding this solution. Hans
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