Given the board below, create a checkmate for both sides, ensuring that no pieces are capable of capturing any other piece excluding captures targeted at the kings.
Remember that friendly fire is enabled so each side can also capture their own pieces too.
This is chess golf so the fewest numb...
I found this word to be quite poetic and saw @PerpetualJ's comment so:
It is the plot of many works
All in one word
The first step is to break it into three
And take the first and swap with the second
and what results is the first of three
Next, you must undo your last
and what yo...
Cut a cube into 5 3D objects - 4 with 4 edges and one with 6 edges.
Hint (I assume there is only one solution): only 4 of the objects are pyramids
Here's a D20 I produced by 3D printing and finishing. Something is wrong with it relative to the intended design. What is wrong and how did it get to be that way?
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I still enjoy playing chess at the age of ninety four.Those contemporary opponents I used to play with have all passed away without me even getting even scores with any of them. On my spare time I just play a game or two against myself or the computer. Yesterday, while I'm on the middle of the ga...
I have been stuck on this logic grid for a few hours. I don't know how to interpret Clue 4, 5, or 7.
What does "next to" refer to in Clue 4?
Can I then deduct that Everest is not in America from Clue 5?
How does Clue 7 help if I don't know where Vinson is, or whether Kilimanjaro was conquered i...
I created a $Word^{TM}$ kind of puzzle, and while trying to create a hint, I ended up with a mini-puzzle.
Is it ok if I post it as a new question, to make it available not just for the people interested in the first puzzle, but also for those not interested in $Word^{TM}$ kind of puzzles?
Or i...
This is a cryptic crossword jigsaw fill: the clues are listed below, grouped by length (the only clues to have length in the standard parentheses are those having two words) and in alphabetical order in each group. When they are solved they can be arranged to fit in the grid in exactly one way...
This is chess between three players. Short rules:
Black moves first, then blue, then red. The move order is the same regardless of whether any of the players are in check.
Normal chess rules regarding piece movement, capture and checkmate apply.
Black pawns move upwards, blue and red pawns move...
This is another "You can ask only one question" puzzle.
There may be multiple answers but I could come up with only one.
There are three persons in front of you.
Two have disabilities: One blind and the other is mute (can hear but
unfortunately can't talk). They do not know each other. F...
This is a Heyacrazier puzzle, a variant of Heyacrazy.
Rules of Heyacrazy:
Shade some cells of the grid.
Shaded cells cannot be orthogonally adjacent; unshaded cells must be orthogonally connected.
When the puzzle is solved, you must not be able to draw a line segment that passes throu...0
Hearken, now, and listen close; I have so much to tell.
Now lend an ear and do your job; you surely will excel.
To find my hidden message, gaze on every word herein.
While skimming through it might be fast, you'll miss the quiet gem.
How vitally important are the details of this ver...
