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The original idea:

It was first published (as far as we know) by Héctor San Segundo in one of his bulletins of the group "Los Acertijeros", and later in "El Acertijo" magazine.

It read:
" Place on a chessboard the highest possible number of each of the chess pieces, so each of them attack the same number of free squares (at least one)"

 

Each of the 55 kings attacks one free square.
     

Each of the 10 queens, 10 knights and 10 pawns attack two free squares.
  

The variation:

It was first published (as far as we know) by Marcelo Fabián Iglesias in one of his bulletins of the group " Los Acertijeros", and later in an e-mail sent to the discussion forum "Snark"

It read:
"Place on a chessboard two or more different chess pieces so that:

  • Each piece attacks the same number of free squares (at least one)
  • The number of pieces of each kind is the same.
  • The total number of pieces is the highest possible"

 
     

"Egalitarian Attacks" Project

Based on this idea, a group of fans (Enrique Fernández, Rodolfo Kurchan and Marcelo Iglesias) joined in order to complete all the possible combinations of pieces.

The following pages show the best results we could get.

 

You may want to try some of the puzzles before looking to our
Ver records R é c o r d s

     
 

The future:

The solutions we found might not be the optimum. Any board that improves our findings will be gladly welcome and its author will be immortalized in these pages.

We can also imagine an infinite number of variations:·

  • Symmetrical arrangements.
  • The number of squares that each piece attacks equals one, two, three…
  • Use fantasy chess pieces.
  • Etc, etc.

Of course, any new idea, variation or suggestion will be very welcome


The best links
Snark 's pages   the best discussion forum in spanish
Quick mates   Other great puzzle with chess pieces
Rodolfo Kurchan 's puzzles pages  Great and originals puzzles
Iván Skvarca 's pages  Puzzles, ambigrams, curiocities and much more
Marcia Levitus 's place   Puzzles, series tangrams and more

Design and maintenance: Marcelo Iglesias
Ideas, creativity and encouragement: Rodolfo Kurchan and Enrique Fernández
Thanks to Iván Skvarca and Marcia Levitus

Last Update: 10/21/2002

 

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