ViragElvtars

@ViragElvtars (21)

Hungary • Age 59

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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Logical puzzle - The Lions

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 9 Jun 07

My favourite logical puzzle: The are 29 lions in a cage. We know the following facts about the lions: 1) The lions eat meat. 2) The lions never share the meat, one of them will eat all the meat. 3) A lion, when he ate...

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ViragElvtars I know the answer of course. The solution is pretty, but not so difficult. It's not possible, that all of them try to eat the meat. Always one of them eat (the one who is nearest to the meat). So, one of them, or none of them? I will sent the...

11 Jun 07

Max number of the queens in a chess game

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 4 May 07

You certainly have already met the question: how many queens can be present at the same time in a chess game? The answer is 18, the 2 original ones and the 16 pawns can be promote. But can you create a proper chess game where...

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ViragElvtars It is surely possible, one of my chess friends created a game where 18 queens were on the board. It was published in a chess magazine. Of course, white and black must cooperate. So it is not a serious chess game, but the move order must be correct, suitable...

5 May 07