Still Waters Posted September 2, 2017 #1 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Researchers at the University of St Andrews have thrown down the gauntlet to computer programmers to find a solution to a "simple" chess puzzle which could, in fact, take thousands of years to solve and net a $1m prize. Devised in 1850, the Queens Puzzle originally challenged a player to place eight queens on a standard chessboard so that no two queens could attack each other. This means putting one queen in each row, so that no two queens are in the same column, and no two queens in the same diagonal. Although the problem has been solved by human beings, once the chess board increases to a large size no computer program can solve it. https://phys.org/news/2017-09-simple-chess-puzzle-key-1m.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted September 4, 2017 #2 Share Posted September 4, 2017 (edited) Done it. Next! Edited September 4, 2017 by acute 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted September 5, 2017 Author #3 Share Posted September 5, 2017 12 hours ago, acute said: Done it. Next! How about I get a share of the prize money for showing you the puzzle? I think that's only fair, don't you? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted September 5, 2017 #4 Share Posted September 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Still Waters said: I think that's only fair, don't you? Yes, of course that's fair! 1 hour ago, Still Waters said: How about I get a share of the prize money for showing you the puzzle? No. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted September 5, 2017 Author #5 Share Posted September 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, acute said: No. *Goes off in a huff* >>>>>> 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.ZZ. Posted September 5, 2017 #6 Share Posted September 5, 2017 I used to play a lot of chess myself. This isn't a purist's method of playing the greatest board game in the history of the world! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted September 5, 2017 #7 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Chess was invented by the Devil. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted September 5, 2017 Author #8 Share Posted September 5, 2017 I like chess. My brother taught me how to play it a long long time ago, I still have his chess board and wooden pieces. The last time I played chess was online in our UM tournament several years ago, that was fun, I enjoyed it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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