rocdocmac Posted March 11, 2019 Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 Can you place the 12 chess pieces on a chess board, given the following clues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Thalia Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 Thought that wording was a bit repetitive. . . Spoiler Knight A2 White Pawns D6, G3 Black Pawn D5 Black King D2 Black Queen H2 Bishop G1 White King F3 White Queen G4 Black Rook C6 White Rooks A1, C7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 Question about #13, which sounds to me like a conflict. should it read “ nothing is south of the one black rook, which is on the edge”? or should it read “ nothing is south of the white rook that is on the edge” or even “one of the white rooks is on the edge, and has nothing south of it”? for that matter, should it name a different piece than white rook? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted March 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 There are two white rooks ... one of them is on the edge, and has nothing south of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) For number 8, does that mean the black queen is on the opposite E-W extreme or just opposite half? Or can it potentially refer to N-S? Number 12 would seem to contradict that if it means the E-W extreme. Edited March 15, 2019 by Thalia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 6 and 16 also seem to contradict as d5 is a white space according to the pictures I'm finding of notation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted March 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 (edited) 8) E-W extreme 16) white pawn is on d6 (not d5) Apology for this mistake! Here's an updated clue list ... Edited March 16, 2019 by rocdocmac 16) white pawn is on d6 (not d5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 If the black queen is on the extreme east per clue 8 (N,S,W spaces adjacent), and alone in her column per clue 12, that leaves only the W space to put both the pawn and bishop mentioned in clue 8. Should it maybe read the queen is alone in her own row? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 Think I figured out my problem. What is the definition of adjacent? Sharing edges? Diagonal squares? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 Seems like there could be multiple answers from my interpretation of the clues. Spoiler Knight A3 White Rooks A2, B1 Black Rook A1 White Pawns D6, G3 Black Pawn D5 White King F3 Black King D2 White Queen G4 Black Queen H2 Bishop G1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted March 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) @ Thalia ... 12) Black Q in her own column is correct. "Adjacent" means any of the 8 surrounding squares. One solution! Spoiler Incorrect answer Edited March 17, 2019 by rocdocmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 Ok. Can you tell me which of the clues my answer violates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Thalia, Looks like 8 is violated by your answer. I expect the black queen and white knight to be on the same row or same column. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 That's quite possible, but from my interpretation, without any mention of the same row, the end refers to the whole side of the board. I will try it that way though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Ed Spoiler Based on 3 and 8, the black queen has to be in one of the bottom 2 rows. There are 2 white rooks. One is in a column by itself (15). The other is south of the knight (1) and north of the black rook. That means the knight has to be at least the 3rd row from the bottom so that doesn't work with being directly across from the queen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted March 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 Seems like I left another mistake in the original OP unattended to. Here's the final clue list. Read carefully and you should get the answer easily now. Sorry for the blunder, guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 Is Ed's interpretation of 8 correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted March 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 Yes, Ed is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 Spoiler I have these set: Knight A2 White Pawns D6, G3 Black Pawn D5 Black King D2 Black Queen H2 Bishop G1 These I can find a couple options. One option: White King C6 White Queen D7 Black Rook F3 White Rooks A1, F4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted March 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 Thalia, what would you get if I change clue 4 to ... ? Spoiler Your solution is certainly a valid one and you'll get your kudos due! I should have changed clue 4 as given above to force a unique solution! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 Way to go Thalia! I’ll bet the problem thought you were playing Whack-amole. Nice problem, Rocdocmac, every one of the 18 items was a different kind of constraint; I didn’t find a convenient way to represent the data. I’m glad Thalia solved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 Thanks Ed! I made a chessboard in Paint and put mini chess pieces in each of the squares. Erased the pieces as I went through the clues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted March 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) Well done Thalia! Here's the solution: [Thank you Captain Ed!] ... and Thalia's alternative solution (before changing clue #4). Edited March 27, 2019 by rocdocmac minor edit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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