Thirty-Six Chessmen
(Eingestellt am 17. Januar 2024, 01:45 Uhr von juggler)
Place the numbers 1-6 in the grid such that each occurs 6 times.
The sum of the digits in a cage obeys the mathematical description in the cage's corner (the '!' means 'not'). Digits may repeat in a cage.
Each value 1-6 represents a different chess piece (king, queen, bishop, rook, knight, pawn). You must determine which value stands for which piece.
Two cells may not contain the same digit if one could move to the other according to standard chess rules. (Example: if you decided 1s were queens, two 1s could not occur in the same row, column, or diagonal. If they were knights, they could not occur a knight's move apart, and so on).
Pawns can always move one step upwards or diagonally upwards (as they do in chess when capturing). Pawns on the 2nd row from the bottom are on their home square, and can also move two spaces upwards. Pawns cannot appear in the bottom row. Any pawn in the top row must be promoted: it remains the same digit, but moves as if it were a queen, rook, bishop, or knight (you may choose which).
HINT: if you haven't encountered the 'six queens puzzle' before, solving that first may make this puzzle significantly easier.
Lösungscode: Row 1
Kommentare
am 16. Februar 2024, 04:37 Uhr von IAlreadyHaveAKey
My solve got a bit messy at the end and had to trial and error a few positions. I might need to resolve to see the proper path, but definitely a fun puzzle!
am 2. Februar 2024, 14:03 Uhr von Boh
I'm struggling
am 18. Januar 2024, 00:03 Uhr von szabog
Very fun puzzle, thank you! I love that you started with "Normal sudoku rules do NOT apply." :)
am 17. Januar 2024, 22:07 Uhr von ashisstuff
beautiful.
am 17. Januar 2024, 17:21 Uhr von samuel1997
Very fun to solve! The way to determine which chess piece is represented by which value is brilliant!
am 17. Januar 2024, 13:04 Uhr von fopkovic
this was tricky, especially the pawn rules confused me in the end. very nice idea though!!
am 17. Januar 2024, 06:16 Uhr von filuta
Cool puzzle, very original. Not sure why you start the rules saying something doesn't apply, but that's a minor point. Finding the essential information about the the 6 queen puzzle was the key for me, as this makes the puzzle about 2-3 star difficulty. Not sure how to do that without that essential knowledge or how to prove that knowledge without extensive trial and error - would be happy to read about that, if you don't mind sharing it in a hidden comment perhaps. In any case, thanks for a great puzzle.
