Castling
Step-by-step hints
1. One of the two pieces completely encloses another piece.
2. The inner piece is shaped like a small dodecagon with some chess pieces attached to it.
3. You can rotate or flip the inner piece to move the rook-shaped hole, for example. A rook attached to
the inner dodecagon can fill the rook-shaped hole and leave another hole in its original position.
4. What happens if there are more than one rook and king?
I googled this and have read the answer and have absolutely no idea what is going on
OK ... it looks like the two chess pieces in the original shape are holes (King-shaped hole and a Rook-shaped hole).
Then, it seems like you have to cut a shape (smaller version of the original 12-sided shape) but with a Rook shape and a King shape attached to it. By rotating you can then fill the original holes and 'replace' with new Rook and King shapes.
If I'm right, it's poor wording in the original as it not made clear that the two chess pieces are holes.
OK ... it looks like the two chess pieces in the original shape are holes (King-shaped hole and a Rook-shaped hole).
Then, it seems like you have to cut a shape (smaller version of the original 12-sided shape) but with a Rook shape and a King shape attached to it. By rotating you can then fill the original holes and 'replace' with new Rook and King shapes.
If I'm right, it's poor wording in the original as it not made clear that the two chess pieces are holes.
It sounds obvious when you put it like that. The answer is here
I wrestled with this for ages last night. Very good puzzle and really difficult to visualise. The big thing that caught me out was the red herring that ‘the pieces may be flipped’. They don’t need to be. Sneaky. 😃
If anyone watches Lee Mack’s 1% Club they will know the answer to this. The final question which stumped all 4 remaining contestants in their quest for £94,000 was as follows. You have 30 seconds by the way.
What are the 2 letters which can be placed in front of the following words giving them a different meaning:
If anyone watches Lee Mack’s 1% Club they will know the answer to this. The final question which stumped all 4 remaining contestants in their quest for £94,000 was as follows. You have 30 seconds by the way.
What are the 2 letters which can be placed in front of the following words giving them a different meaning:
CAR
ABLE
vi
borderline 30 secs though and certainly not with the pressure of a TV studio !
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I googled this and have read the answer and have absolutely no idea what is going on
Then, it seems like you have to cut a shape (smaller version of the original 12-sided shape) but with a Rook shape and a King shape attached to it. By rotating you can then fill the original holes and 'replace' with new Rook and King shapes.
If I'm right, it's poor wording in the original as it not made clear that the two chess pieces are holes.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/04/did-you-solve-it-another-game-of-brutal-genius-from-south-korea
Sneaky. 😃
What are the 2 letters which can be placed in front of the following words giving them a different meaning:
CAR
ABLE
borderline 30 secs though and certainly not with the pressure of a TV studio !