A chessboard puzzle

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A chessboard puzzle

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From the same article in The Guardian:
Place five stones on an 8x8 grid in such a way that every square consisting of 9 cells has only one stone in it.
This one is more complicated than the number puzzle, but it can be solved in a few minutes.
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Re: A chessboard puzzle

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I'll go out and buy tomorrows Guardian if nobody answers this one by then. :grin:
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Re: A chessboard puzzle

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The solution can already be found on website, but this puzzle isn't really that difficult...
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Re: A chessboard puzzle

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A3 D3 G3 C6 F6
and variants reflections/rotations, i suppose

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Yep! :chocciebar:
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Re: A chessboard puzzle

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Here is a picture of one of the solutions:
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HansV wrote:Here is a picture of one of the solutions...
But those aren't stones! :evilgrin:
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:tongue:
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While the least number would appear to be 4, what is the most number of stones to fulfill the same criterium? (I don't know the answer :evilgrin: )

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Re: A chessboard puzzle

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The maximum is 9:
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Any attempt to push the stones closer together will result in more than one stone in a 3x3 square.
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