Knight Checker Puzzle

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Here's a quick Knight Checker (a chess variant) puzzle. In case you haven't read the rules to it in the above link, I'll repost them here:




  1. Each player begins with 1 knight on each square on their back rank (the knights move and capture as normal)

  2. To win, a player must move a knight to the other player's back rank (a touchdown) or capture all of the other player's knights.

  3. If a player moves a knight to the other player's back rank, and the other player has a knight guarding that square, then the other player can capture the knight on their next move, preventing the touchdown.



Here's a Knight Checker puzzle I came up with. (It's probably a little easy, because it's my first Knight Checker puzzle. I may do more in the future.)



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White to move and touchdown in 3.



Good luck!






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    Inspired by this question



    Here's a quick Knight Checker (a chess variant) puzzle. In case you haven't read the rules to it in the above link, I'll repost them here:




    1. Each player begins with 1 knight on each square on their back rank (the knights move and capture as normal)

    2. To win, a player must move a knight to the other player's back rank (a touchdown) or capture all of the other player's knights.

    3. If a player moves a knight to the other player's back rank, and the other player has a knight guarding that square, then the other player can capture the knight on their next move, preventing the touchdown.



    Here's a Knight Checker puzzle I came up with. (It's probably a little easy, because it's my first Knight Checker puzzle. I may do more in the future.)



    enter image description here



    White to move and touchdown in 3.



    Good luck!






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      Inspired by this question



      Here's a quick Knight Checker (a chess variant) puzzle. In case you haven't read the rules to it in the above link, I'll repost them here:




      1. Each player begins with 1 knight on each square on their back rank (the knights move and capture as normal)

      2. To win, a player must move a knight to the other player's back rank (a touchdown) or capture all of the other player's knights.

      3. If a player moves a knight to the other player's back rank, and the other player has a knight guarding that square, then the other player can capture the knight on their next move, preventing the touchdown.



      Here's a Knight Checker puzzle I came up with. (It's probably a little easy, because it's my first Knight Checker puzzle. I may do more in the future.)



      enter image description here



      White to move and touchdown in 3.



      Good luck!






      no-computers chess knight-moves







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      Inspired by this question



      Here's a quick Knight Checker (a chess variant) puzzle. In case you haven't read the rules to it in the above link, I'll repost them here:




      1. Each player begins with 1 knight on each square on their back rank (the knights move and capture as normal)

      2. To win, a player must move a knight to the other player's back rank (a touchdown) or capture all of the other player's knights.

      3. If a player moves a knight to the other player's back rank, and the other player has a knight guarding that square, then the other player can capture the knight on their next move, preventing the touchdown.



      Here's a Knight Checker puzzle I came up with. (It's probably a little easy, because it's my first Knight Checker puzzle. I may do more in the future.)



      enter image description here



      White to move and touchdown in 3.



      Good luck!






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          I think this works:




          1. White: Ng6. Black: Nf7 (to protect against touchdown on h8).




          2. White: Nb8. Black: Nxb8.




          3. White: Nf8, touchdown!



          The key realisation is that




          White must sacrifice one knight in order to draw Black's guarding knight (the one at d7) away from the position it needs to be in to stop White's second knight.







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          • (+1, and accepted once I can) This was the intended answer, but switching some of the moves is possible.
            – Excited Raichu
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          • @ExcitedRaichu Yep, after the 1st pair of moves the two white knights are essentially interchangeable: it doesn't matter which of them moves first.
            – Rand al'Thor
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          I think this works:




          1. White: Ng6. Black: Nf7 (to protect against touchdown on h8).




          2. White: Nb8. Black: Nxb8.




          3. White: Nf8, touchdown!



          The key realisation is that




          White must sacrifice one knight in order to draw Black's guarding knight (the one at d7) away from the position it needs to be in to stop White's second knight.







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          • (+1, and accepted once I can) This was the intended answer, but switching some of the moves is possible.
            – Excited Raichu
            16 mins ago










          • @ExcitedRaichu Yep, after the 1st pair of moves the two white knights are essentially interchangeable: it doesn't matter which of them moves first.
            – Rand al'Thor
            15 mins ago














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          I think this works:




          1. White: Ng6. Black: Nf7 (to protect against touchdown on h8).




          2. White: Nb8. Black: Nxb8.




          3. White: Nf8, touchdown!



          The key realisation is that




          White must sacrifice one knight in order to draw Black's guarding knight (the one at d7) away from the position it needs to be in to stop White's second knight.







          share|improve this answer




















          • (+1, and accepted once I can) This was the intended answer, but switching some of the moves is possible.
            – Excited Raichu
            16 mins ago










          • @ExcitedRaichu Yep, after the 1st pair of moves the two white knights are essentially interchangeable: it doesn't matter which of them moves first.
            – Rand al'Thor
            15 mins ago












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          up vote
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          I think this works:




          1. White: Ng6. Black: Nf7 (to protect against touchdown on h8).




          2. White: Nb8. Black: Nxb8.




          3. White: Nf8, touchdown!



          The key realisation is that




          White must sacrifice one knight in order to draw Black's guarding knight (the one at d7) away from the position it needs to be in to stop White's second knight.







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          I think this works:




          1. White: Ng6. Black: Nf7 (to protect against touchdown on h8).




          2. White: Nb8. Black: Nxb8.




          3. White: Nf8, touchdown!



          The key realisation is that




          White must sacrifice one knight in order to draw Black's guarding knight (the one at d7) away from the position it needs to be in to stop White's second knight.








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          • (+1, and accepted once I can) This was the intended answer, but switching some of the moves is possible.
            – Excited Raichu
            16 mins ago










          • @ExcitedRaichu Yep, after the 1st pair of moves the two white knights are essentially interchangeable: it doesn't matter which of them moves first.
            – Rand al'Thor
            15 mins ago
















          • (+1, and accepted once I can) This was the intended answer, but switching some of the moves is possible.
            – Excited Raichu
            16 mins ago










          • @ExcitedRaichu Yep, after the 1st pair of moves the two white knights are essentially interchangeable: it doesn't matter which of them moves first.
            – Rand al'Thor
            15 mins ago















          (+1, and accepted once I can) This was the intended answer, but switching some of the moves is possible.
          – Excited Raichu
          16 mins ago




          (+1, and accepted once I can) This was the intended answer, but switching some of the moves is possible.
          – Excited Raichu
          16 mins ago












          @ExcitedRaichu Yep, after the 1st pair of moves the two white knights are essentially interchangeable: it doesn't matter which of them moves first.
          – Rand al'Thor
          15 mins ago




          @ExcitedRaichu Yep, after the 1st pair of moves the two white knights are essentially interchangeable: it doesn't matter which of them moves first.
          – Rand al'Thor
          15 mins ago

















           

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