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Old 01-26-2008, 09:35 PM
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Default Re: Chess Puzzles

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Originally Posted by ceptimus View Post
Place 3 queens and 2 rooks on a chessboard so that every square is attacked. The solution is unique, if you ignore rotations and reflections of the entire board.

I discovered this puzzle myself using my minattak java program. I used to have that up on my old website, but right now it's not hosted anywhere, so you'll have to find the solution by hand. :P
My solution below the fold:



This is similar to the Eight Queens Problem, which you can play online here.
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