It was one evening in the summer of the year 1755 that Campbell of Inverawe {157} was on Cruachan hill side. He was startled by seeing a man coming towards him at full speed; a man ragged, bleeding, and evidently suffering agonies of terror. ... Read more of Ticonderoga at Scary Stories.caInformational Site Network Informational
Privacy
Home Top Rated Puzzles Most Viewed Puzzles All Puzzle Questions Random Puzzle Question Search


A NEW COUNTER PUZZLE.





(The Guarded Chessboard)
Here is a new puzzle with moving counters, or coins, that at first
glance looks as if it must be absurdly simple. But it will be found
quite a little perplexity. I give it in this place for a reason that I
will explain when we come to the next puzzle. Copy the simple diagram,
enlarged, on a sheet of paper; then place two white counters on the
points 1 and 2, and two red counters on 9 and 10, The puzzle is to make
the red and white change places. You may move the counters one at a time
in any order you like, along the lines from point to point, with the
only restriction that a red and a white counter may never stand at once
on the same straight line. Thus the first move can only be from 1 or 2
to 3, or from 9 or 10 to 7.
[Illustration:
4 8
/ /
2 6 10
/ /
3 7
/ /
1 5 9
]


Read Answer





Next: A NEW BISHOP'S PUZZLE.

Previous: AN EPISCOPAL VISITATION.



Add to Informational Site Network
Report
Privacy
ADD TO EBOOK




Random Questions

Hannah's Puzzle.
Unicursal and Route Problems
The Four Princes
MISCELLANEOUS PUZZLES
A Wonderful Village.
Unclassified Problems.
Indiscriminate Charity.
Money Puzzles
The Chifu-chemulpo Puzzle
MISCELLANEOUS PUZZLES
Catching The Mice.
Moving Counter Problem
A New Bishop's Puzzle.
The Guarded Chessboard
Chequered Board Divisions.
Chessboard Problems
The Chocolate Squares.
Various Dissection Puzzles
The Baskets Of Plums.
Magic Squares Problem.
The Motor-garage Puzzle.
Moving Counter Problem
The Dovetailed Block.
Unclassified Problems.
Wilson's Poser.
Money Puzzles
The Dice Numbers.
Money Puzzles
Digital Division.
Money Puzzles