July 13, 2005

PLACE 8 QUEENS ON A CHESS BOARD WITHOUT THEM ATTACKING EACH OTHER

7 is easy. 8 is hard.

Just don't put anything in the corner squares and you'll figure it out a lot faster.

And remember, there's a reason the knight is called a "queen-zapper".

[Hat tip: Jed of Boots & Sabers]

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Ogre exemplified on July 13, 2005 09:25 AM

Damn you!

I had stuff to do today!

Mustang 23 exemplified on July 13, 2005 09:50 AM

that isn't too hard at all. I got it pretty quickly. but who's bragging :)

Machelle exemplified on July 13, 2005 10:37 AM

That's easy!

Just place a super hot guy next to each one and they will forget about each other.

What?

Oh, not *that* kind of Queen.

Sorry

Patriot Xeno exemplified on July 13, 2005 02:08 PM

yeah - turns out i used to be a chess geek back in the day and happened to remember the keys to this one. go figure.

Francis W. Porretto exemplified on July 15, 2005 03:11 PM

There are 92 non-isotropic solutions to the 8 queens problem. It's a classic recursion exercise for young students of computer science. The "knight's tour" -- from an arbitrary starting point, make a knight visit every square on the chessboard once, no repeated visits -- is another such.

Harvey exemplified on July 15, 2005 03:18 PM

PHWEEEET!

I've got a "too many big words" penalty on Francis. The ball will be moved back 15 yards from the spot of the foul. Still second down.

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