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| Robby Goetschalckx 2006-09-18, 7:59 am |
| Sanny wrote:
> Put 4 knights in all corners and 4 knights together in center.
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> 4x4=16 (corner knights) +4 center Knights = 20 knights.
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> I solved in 30 seconds only.
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> I Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html So I am intelligent.
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> Bye
> Sanny
Your answer is incorrect, however. It seems like playing chess in a club is
not a sufficient condition for being intelligent ... who would have
guessed ...
Also, please reply in the correct thread instead of starting a new one,
without any reference to which problem you have 'solved in 30 seconds
only'.
kind regards,
robby goetschalckx
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| russell kym horsell 2006-09-19, 3:59 am |
| I wonder if this is the knight problem in disguise?
Sanny <softtanks@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Put 4 knights in all corners and 4 knights together in center.
> 4x4=16 (corner knights) +4 center Knights = 20 knights.
> I solved in 30 seconds only.
> I Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html So I am intelligent.
[...]
Sure, intelligence if viewed as an emergent property of complex systems
means always having to contend with the possibility of unexpected error. :)
Here's 24:
x..xx..x
x..xx..x
x......x
x......x
x..xx..x
x..xx..x
x......x
x......x
Here's 32:
x.x.x.x.
..x.x.x.x
x.x.x.x.
..x.x.x.x
x.x.x.x.
..x.x.x.x
x.x.x.x.
..x.x.x.x
Runtime: 0 each. And I'm thstoopeed. :)
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