Two Rooks

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Like the eight queens puzzle, you need to place 2 rooks on the board.  But not just anywhere on the board.  The rule is that both rooks may not attack the same square.

 

How do you place 2 rooks on the board without having them both attacking the same square?

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Put a couple of pieces between them

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Umm.. no, on an empty board.

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You put them right next to eachother Wink

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... right.  You put them next to each other.  They block each other.

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Technically, each rook "attacks" the square the other rook is in, but since they don't attack their own square, this is still correct.

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You can put up to 8 rooks on an empty board without having them attack the same square.

What about 9 rooks?

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Well?  What about 9 rooks? 10 rooks? 11? 12?

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a three by three square for nine rooks?

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Yep.  For 9 rooks, do a 3x3 square.

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What about 11 rooks?

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The rooks have to be on the board.

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pompom wrote:

Yep.  For 9 rooks, do a 3x3 square.

 

 

 

 


The rooks on a1 and a3 both attack a2.  The rooks on a2 and c2 both attack b2. etc.

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pompom wrote:

You can put up to 8 rooks on an empty board without having them attack the same square.

What about 9 rooks?

 

 


Same problem as above (a1 and a3 both attack a2 etc).

I mean... otherwise you can place 64 rooks on 64 squares...

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You could place 64 rooks on 64 squares.

Well, by "attack" I mean "can move to on the next move".

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pompom wrote:

You could place 64 rooks on 64 squares.

Well, by "attack" I mean "can move to on the next move".


What if 65?Tongue outHa

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65 is not possible because the board only has 64 squares (duh, lol)

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Just a joke Laughing

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I know.  I was also joking.