Nikumba
April 17, 2002 at 4:02 pm

The 8 Queen Problem

With the advent of guess this aircraft, or guess this livery I thought I would give you a real teaser.

Take a normal 8 square by 8 square chess board and place 8 queens on the chess board so no one queen can take another queen.

Queens can move in any direction Up, Down, Left, Right, and diagonly and can move any number of spaces.

IF you succed in this teaser, post your answer on the board

Have fun and good luck!!

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By: GZYL - 19th April 2002 at 18:12

RE: The 8 Queen Problem

Shalav… help… this has been driving me mad for days!! I’ve got my friends hooked on trying to solve it aswell!! I’ll tell you what though… it passes time in boring lectures 🙂 .

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By: shalav - 17th April 2002 at 19:34

RE: The 8 Queen Problem

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 17-04-02 AT 07:35 PM (GMT)]If you want a really tough (unsolveable) one hows this?

Try to draw this figure in a continuous unbroken line, without taking your hand off the paper. I think it is unsolvable.

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By: shalav - 17th April 2002 at 18:55

RE: The 8 Queen Problem

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 17-04-02 AT 07:07 PM (GMT)]This should work

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