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STACK TEN Puzzle

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Tuesday, 7 August 2018, at 1:16 a.m.

The popular puzzle Getting Closed Out (solutions here) starts with a stacked (i.e., opening) position and the goal is to create a full prime (closed board).

The "Stack Ten" puzzle posted here has the opposite goal. You start with a full prime (seven-point prime, actually) and the goal is to convert it to a stack!

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 28 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 94 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-aBBBBBBB--------------bA-:0:0:1:00:0:0:3:0:10
Goal: Stack ten checkers

Starting from the position above, each side rolls (alternating and playing legally) three times. Blue then has ten checkers stacked on a single point and no other checkers on his own side of the board.

What is a sequence that works?

EXTRA CREDIT

Given the above conditions:

.....(a) Can White be hit during the sequence? If so, how?
.....(b) Can Blue be hit during the sequence? If so, how?
.....(c) Can both colors be hit during the sequence? If so, how?

Nack

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• STACK TEN Puzzle
  Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 7 August 2018, at 1:16 a.m.
  • STACK TEN Puzzle -- corrected post
    Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 7 August 2018, at 3:43 p.m.