Thirty-Six Chessmen
(Published on 17. January 2024, 01:45 by juggler)
Tip: if you haven't encountered the 'six queens puzzle' before, solving that first may make this puzzle significantly easier.
Place the numbers 1-6 in the grid such that each occurs 6 times.
CAGES
Digits in a cage sum to the description in its corner. Digits may repeat in a cage.
FULL ANTI-CHESS
- Each value 1-6 represents a different chess piece, to be determined (the cells outside the grid may be used for note-taking).
- Two cells can't contain the same digit if one could move to the other according to standard chess rules.
- Example: if 1s are queens, two 1s can't occur in the same row column or diagonal; if they are knights, they can't occur a knight's move apart, and so on.
NOTES ON PAWNS
- Pawns can always move one space upwards, or diagonally upwards (as when capturing).
- Pawns on the 2nd rank (from the bottom) can also move two spaces upwards.
- Pawns never appear in the 1st rank.
- Any pawn on the 6th rank must be promoted: it retains its digit, but moves like a queen, rook, bishop, or knight (you choose which).
Solution code: Row 1
Comments
on 1. October 2024, 03:08 by juggler
Tweaked a clue for a much smoother solve, added note-taking cells.
on 16. February 2024, 04:37 by 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!
on 2. February 2024, 14:03 by Boh
I'm struggling
on 18. January 2024, 00:03 by szabog
Very fun puzzle, thank you! I love that you started with "Normal sudoku rules do NOT apply." :)
on 17. January 2024, 22:07 by ashisstuff
beautiful.
on 17. January 2024, 17:21 by samuel1997
Very fun to solve! The way to determine which chess piece is represented by which value is brilliant!
on 17. January 2024, 13:04 by fopkovic
this was tricky, especially the pawn rules confused me in the end. very nice idea though!!
on 17. January 2024, 06:16 by 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.
