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A PUZZLE WITH PAWNS.

(Chessboard Problems)
Place two pawns in the middle of the chessboard, one at Q 4 and the
other at K 5. Now, place the remaining fourteen pawns (sixteen in all)
so that no three shall be in a straight line in any possible direction.
Note that I purposely do not say queens, because by the words "any
possible direction" I go beyond attacks on diagonals. The pawns must be
regarded as mere points in space--at the centres of the squares. See
dotted lines in the case of No. 300, "The Eight Queens."


Answer:

Sixteen pawns may be placed so that no three shall be in a straight line
in any possible direction, as in the diagram. We regard, as the
conditions required, the pawns as mere points on a plane.










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