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Hippos and Horseplay
This is part 5 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
This time you are going to need some of your chess knowledge. Not a lot of chess ...
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What was I supposed to do?
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #49: Pub Quiz Camouflage
I've had the strangest day. Today I was invited to play in a chess tournament (or so I thought). As a keen (and pretty good) chess ...
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Why did she choose O6G?
He gave her 8 choices. 7 lead to death, one lets her continue.
O6A
O6B
I6C
U6D
I6E
I6F
O6G
O6H
Of course, he knew she had no idea. He turned the hour glass and gave her 5 items from his suitcase.
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The Single Digit - a chess riddle
In front of you lies a safe. Within the safe, you are aware, lie the AI-discovered secrets to solving the game of chess - indeed, every one of its complexities, all of its unknowns, implausibly ...
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Catching up to my foe
I had once made a piece of wonderful art
Until then it had been a century's vain of work
Spent inside those Russian winter days
At last made in the early eighties
But a friend of mine had recently ...
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White to mate in 2
This is a cryptic crossword puzzle. Clues are normal, however some entries clash with one another. Each such clash is resolved by adding the clashing letters using the standard A1-Z26 numerology, ...
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The Marching Tune
And a one, and a two, and a three four five six!
Or a one, and a two, and a three four five!
From my home right here,
To the end way down there!
And then I have a choice
Of a one, a two, or a ...
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A Remote Location
Here be a simple problem
For the keen directmate eye
White to move and win
In seven moves, Black shall die
However, I remember now a relative
Long ago did he begin to live
About a two decades or ...
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What is my lover's name?
I have a lover, I love her so
She has a special name as we all do
But I wish, from me to you, not to tell
A secret kept is a secret kept well
But if you truly want to know
I shall soon reveal her ...
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Puzzling Knight has a Message for all- Especially Newcomers
Of all the more than a Trillion messages he can deliver, he has especially selected this message for all.
Follow his(normal chess moves for the Knight) path to get the message.
His journey starts ...
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Valiant Knight is back..but he is in grave danger from the Evil Queen
King has placed a bounty on Valiant Knight and enlisted his evil queen’s help.
Queen knows knight’s regular stops of his journey and knows he goes through all odd prime cells.
She strategically ...
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Magical Knight Moves with Effortless Ease in his Magical Kingdom
Magical Knight knows every Square of his Magical Kingdom.
In many respects, he is like any other knight...Literary,Prime, Normal(makes same allowed chess moves).
He is people Knight . As he traverses ...
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Crossword gone overboard
This puzzle is part 24 of Gladys' journey across the globe. Each part can be solved independently. Nevertheless, if you are new to the series, feel free to start at the beginning: Introducing Gladys.
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Find My Mission For Me
Addendum 1/14/2023: I've given a new, major hint in an answer.
I am a spy for the CIA. Since I am in a hostile territory, my next mission was given to me in a very coded manner.
Today, while playing ...
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Kill That Irritating Fly!
There is a long-lived fly fluttering somewhere out there. Some say this fly is able to perform additions and substractions. Quite an amazing diptera, right?
Well, there are 7 friends who would ...
