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Three-roll puzzle (new)

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 3:12 a.m.

Ray Kershaw's three-roll puzzle (from the opening position, get all your checkers to your side of the board with fewest pips, opponent cooperating), to which Daniel Murphy provided the best solution, inspired me to compose this little puzzle:

White	163
Blue	167

Starting from the position above, each side played three times, and Blue got hit twice; nevertheless, in the resulting position -- in which there is no outfield blot -- he is ahead in the pipcount.

The new position is shown below, except only the White checkers are visible. The object of the puzzle is to fill in the rest of the board below: What is Blue's exact position?

White	134
Fill in Blue's checkers	Less than 134

Messages In This Thread

• Three-roll puzzle (new)
  Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 3:12 a.m.
  • Three-roll puzzle (new)
    Bob Koca -- Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 6:25 a.m.
    • Three-roll puzzle (new)
      Stick -- Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 12:25 p.m.
      • Three-roll puzzle (new)
        Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 8:49 p.m.
        • Three-roll puzzle (new)
          Bob Koca -- Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 9:02 p.m.
          • Three-roll puzzle (new)
            Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 10:00 p.m.
  • Three-roll puzzle (new)
    Michael Nielsen -- Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 2:57 p.m.
    • Three-roll puzzle (new)
      Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 7:04 p.m.