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A puzzle related to chess, a two-player board game with white and black pieces of varying ranks.

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The Toroidal Chessboard!

We can do it with Can we do it with less pieces? Here is some code to build and check states So let's first check my suggestion works, adding one piece at a time... Now let's check for p …
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7 votes
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Cover an unusual board with minimum chess rooks

Here is a solution with I don't think less can be possible since Update Here is code to search for solutions - it is not generalised to any size, I just hard-coded the "rows" (horizontals, diag …
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4 votes

The Knight and the Maze

Very late to see this lovely puzzle, but I thought I'd post since Python code: MAZE_TEXT = ''' ###########.##.#....#....#.........#...#.. .............#.#.#.....#.........#...#...# .############.. …
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14 votes

Rook River (Chess Sliding Puzzle)

Using Dr Xorile's answer as a base here is an improved solution:
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6 votes

Pool of Pawns (Chess Sliding Puzzle)

I have a solution that takes
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3 votes

Discrete Peaceful Encampments: Player 4 has entered the game!

While I feel it could be, this may not be optimal. However it is, at least, an upper bound... I first note that it must be possible with: Like so (the green shading shows the locations under att …
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