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may 2019 | GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES 41

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n these puzzles, you are presented a chess configuration that may or may not include
kings. Each piece moves as it normally moves in chess. It’s up to you to determine whether
White or Black moves first. Every move must eliminate a piece of the opposing color. At
the end, there must be only one piece remaining—the sole survivor. Q

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Now here is the problem for this issue.

There may be more than one solution.

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As a warmup, here is the puzzle

from the January issue.

At right is the initial configuration:

Here is one solution.

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Na7xc8, Nd5xb6, Nc8xd6, Nb6xd7,

Nd6xb7, Nd7xc5, Nb7xc5

ANSWER, PAGE 70

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