+----+
|  1 |
+----+----+
|  2 |  3 |
+----+----+----+
|  4 |  5 |  6 |
+----+----+----+----+
|  7 |  8 |  9 | 10 |
+----+----+----+----+----+
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
+----+----+----+----+----+

The board is a fifteen cell right triangular arrangement as shown. All cells except #15 have a token. A move is a jump over a vertically, horizontally or diagonally adjacent token to an empty cell; the jumped token is removed.

The object of the game is to leave just one piece on the board. Provide a solution sequence as to how you solved the puzzle; eg 6-15, 8-10, etc.

I can get a solution set of 13 moves (in the middle game the order of sequence may differ from the solution which I have recorded.

To play this game, already constructed, go here
Note: they do not offer a solution!

(In reply to Computer programs by Penny)

Yes, I agree.

Computer programs?  What do they do for the 'grey matter'? :-)

It intrigues me how, in particular, both Penny and Charlie can quickly derive a computer routine to apply to so many problems, often ones where one may consider such to be somewhat obscure.

As far as solutions are concerned, I shall make no attempt to see which of Charlie's matches my minuscule one.

Posted by brianjn on 2005-07-24 00:34:22