24Oct/081
Winner for MMM #17
Marijn Jongerden is the winner of MMM #17. Click here for Marijn's solution.
A few people tackled the advanced problems. I will be writing followup articles related to the generalizations.
Check out Blinkdagger on Monday for the next contest.
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October 25th, 2008 - 09:31
of course my coworker Bruce had this succinct solution:
well, since there’s only one King on the board, they other has been vanquished and so check is not possible ….