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-6 Post author: Thomas 14 April 2012 06:55AM

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Comment author: TrE 14 April 2012 08:55:09PM 0 points [-]

Can you give a position for 53 'bounds'?

Comment author: gRR 14 April 2012 09:12:49PM 1 point [-]

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 14 April 2012 10:00:55PM * -1 points [-]

Then the clarification mentioned in a comment:

"the 16 white pieces" can be mixed colors, doesn't matter.

is false, because by turning the pawn of the second row, and the first pawn of the third row into black pieces, we go up to 55 connections from 53.

Comment author: Thomas 15 April 2012 09:31:44AM 0 points [-]

Makes no sense to me what you said. Can you please clarify?

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 15 April 2012 02:00:55PM * 1 point [-]

I mean that the following position:

achieves 55 connections, by using mixed colors. Unless my arithmetic is failing me again.

Edit to add: And unless arithmetic is failing me again, the following has 56 connections:

Comment author: Thomas 15 April 2012 04:30:05PM * 0 points [-]

Yes, I know now what you mean. It is a bit different puzzle now. The color of a piece maters this way

Do you think your solution is optimal?

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