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Yet another pentomino puzzle
Just rearrange the 13 checkered polyominoes shown below to form a chessboard. The solution is unique and unusual.
Clarification: The pieces may be reflected; the coloring on the back is as if the ink ...
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Pawns and a chessboard with no three aligned
This little problem crossed my mind and appeared to be not quite trivial.
How can you place P pawns on a chessboard with the constraint that no pawn is exactly midway between two other pawns?
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How many squares can a limp queen move to?
Consider a large chessboard. A limp rook is a chess piece that moves one step orthogonally, but it turns $90$ degrees after every move. The limp rook makes some moves, not crossing over its own path, ...
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