Re: A Problem To Solve :-)

From	Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics
Subject	Re: A Problem To Solve :-)
Date	2024-02-04 19:53 -0600
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On 2/3/2024 4:00 AM, Physfitfreak wrote:
> "In each of my parties, a session is always included in which a 
> chessboard is placed on the floor, with no chess pieces on it. There is 
> a contest, and the winner is blindfolded and given two random chess 
> pieces of same color - but not any pawns - out of my pocket, to place 
> somewhere on the chessboard by the winner, in two of the squares. Then 
> the blindfold is removed and the winner will look at the chessboard and 
> counts the number of different moves he can make with the chess pieces 
> from the squares that they are in. The winner will get as many gold 
> coins from me as that count is. If I know in advance which two pieces 
> will be given to the winner, I need to know how many gold coins I should 
> bring with me to the party, so I could never find myself with not enough 
> coins to give to the winner, and never carry with me even one gold coin 
> that would never be needed to be given to the winner. Find how many 
> coins I should bring with me to the party."


Looks like for the sub-"code monkeys" a bit of more explanation is due.

Holaku will give one gold coin for every different first move that the 
winner can make on the board.

Example. If the two pieces happen to be two bishops, and if the 
blindfolded winner happened to place one at the first square on the left 
of the bottom row, and the other on the last square on the far right of 
the bottom row, then winner will get 14 gold coins.

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Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-01-27 17:22 -0600
  Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2024-01-28 12:31 +0000
    Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-01-28 16:44 -0600
      Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2024-01-29 08:28 +0000
        Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> - 2024-01-29 11:53 +0100
          Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-02 23:56 -0600
        Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-01-30 01:25 -0600
        Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-01-31 18:18 -0600
      Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2024-02-02 21:49 +0000
  Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-03 04:00 -0600
    Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2024-02-03 16:19 +0000
      Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-03 16:17 -0600
      Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2024-02-04 14:24 +0000
    Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-04 19:53 -0600
    Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-05 01:51 -0600
      Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-05 19:39 -0600
        Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2024-02-06 21:00 +0000
          Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-06 15:43 -0600
            Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-06 18:19 -0600
              Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-09 10:58 -0600
          Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-06 21:55 -0600
            Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-06 22:06 -0600
        Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-12 01:39 -0600
          Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-14 12:50 -0600
            Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> - 2024-02-14 20:33 +0000
              Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> - 2024-02-15 11:11 +0100
              Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-15 13:22 -0600
            Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-18 01:51 -0600
              Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-21 00:38 -0600
                Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-02-27 16:13 -0600
                Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Kuang Tze Kui <ugdiun@kgknudu.cn> - 2024-02-27 22:46 +0000
  Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Arindam Banerjee <banerjeeadda1234@gmail.com> - 2024-02-09 09:47 -0800
    Re: A Problem To Solve :-) Arindam Banerjee <banerjeeadda1234@gmail.com> - 2024-02-12 04:41 -0800

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