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STACK TEN Puzzle -- corrected post

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Tuesday, 7 August 2018, at 3:43 p.m.

In Response To: STACK TEN Puzzle (Nack Ballard)

(This the same as the initial post except for a correction of the "extra credit" question at the end -- see blue typeface.)

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) What is the maximum number of checkers (including both colors) that can be hit?

Nack

Messages In This Thread

• 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.