CHESS CHALLENGE
INTODUCTION
Solo Puzzle placement game using a standard Chess Set.
SETUP
Place the eight black pawns on the board.
Each Row and each column must contain exactly 1 pawn.
One way to do this is to number the bottom of the pawns 1 to 8.
Each number corresponds to a column. Next go row-by-row and Place 1
Randomly drawn pawn on each row at the column space as marked on the Pawn.
(This should give several thousand non-repeating setups)
SOLVE THE PUZZLE
Use the 8 white back row men. (King, Queen, 2 Bishops, 2 Knights, 2 Rooks)
Do not use any white pawns
Place the 8 men on the board so that each black pawn would be
Captured at least twice by white men.
Note that white pieces can block each other.
NOTE
I have tried this twice and each time I was 1 capture short on 1 black pawn.
I am assuming some combinations are solvable.
Here is one of those tries:
*-1-1-1-1-1-1-1
2-2-2-2-*-2-2-2
3-*-3-3-3-3-3-3
4-4-4-4-4-*-4-4
5-5-5-5-5-5-*-5
6-6-*-6-6-6-6-6
7-7-7-*-7-7-7-7
8-8-8-8-8-8-8-*
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