jpulgarin comments on A puzzle - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TrE 14 April 2012 08:14:29AM * 0 points [-]

Wait a minute. We are restricted to the 16 chess pieces available to white, or can we use as many pieces as we like?

Or do you want to hint that one can solve this puzzle by generalization?

Comment author: jpulgarin 14 April 2012 08:19:36AM 1 point [-]

I'm fairly sure we're limited to 16 chess pieces available to white, otherwise the problem can be trivially solved with 64 queens.

Comment author: Thomas 14 April 2012 08:25:27AM 0 points [-]

The puzzle is for those 16 initial pieces put anywhere on the chessboard. The color is not an issue.

Comment author: Random832 14 April 2012 08:39:03AM * 0 points [-]

Do the bishops have to be in legal positions? EDIT: already answered

Comment author: Thomas 14 April 2012 08:40:11AM 0 points [-]

They can be anywhere. The same color, too.

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