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Bishops galore (Posted on 2021-09-01) Difficulty: 3 of 5
N denotes a minimum number of bishops to guarantee full coverage of a standard chessboard.
How much is N, and where should these bishops be placed?

To cover a square means either to stay on it or to attack it.

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counting the solutions | Comment 2 of 6 |
Here are the 72 White bishop solutions in standard chess notation.

 1     d1, d3, d5, d7

 2     d1, d3, e6, c6

 3     d1, e4, c4, d7

 4     d1, e4, e6, b5

 5     d1, f5, c4, c6

 6     d1, f5, d5, b5

 7     e2, b1, d5, d7

 8     e2, b1, e6, c6

 9     e2, c2, d5, d7

10     e2, c2, e6, c6

11     e2, e4, a2, d7

12     e2, e4, b3, d7

13     e2, e4, e6, a4

14     e2, e4, e6, e8

15     e2, e4, f7, d7

16     e2, e4, g8, d7

17     e2, f5, a2, c6

18     e2, f5, b3, c6

19     e2, f5, d5, a4

20     e2, f5, d5, e8

21     e2, f5, f7, c6

22     e2, f5, g8, c6

23     e2, g6, d5, d7

24     e2, g6, e6, c6

25     e2, h7, d5, d7

26     e2, h7, e6, c6

27     f3, b1, c4, d7

28     f3, b1, e6, b5

29     f3, c2, c4, d7

30     f3, c2, e6, b5

31     f3, d3, a2, d7

32     f3, d3, b3, d7

33     f3, d3, e6, a4

34     f3, d3, e6, e8

35     f3, d3, f7, d7

36     f3, d3, g8, d7

37     f3, f5, a2, b5

38     f3, f5, b3, b5

39     f3, f5, c4, a4

40     f3, f5, c4, e8

41     f3, f5, f7, b5

42     f3, f5, g8, b5

43     f3, g6, c4, d7

44     f3, g6, e6, b5

45     f3, h7, c4, d7

46     f3, h7, e6, b5

47     g4, b1, c4, c6

48     g4, b1, d5, b5

49     g4, c2, c4, c6

50     g4, c2, d5, b5

51     g4, d3, a2, c6

52     g4, d3, b3, c6

53     g4, d3, d5, a4

54     g4, d3, d5, e8

55     g4, d3, f7, c6

56     g4, d3, g8, c6

57     g4, e4, a2, b5

58     g4, e4, b3, b5

59     g4, e4, c4, a4

60     g4, e4, c4, e8

61     g4, e4, f7, b5

62     g4, e4, g8, b5

63     g4, g6, c4, c6

64     g4, g6, d5, b5

65     g4, h7, c4, c6

66     g4, h7, d5, b5

67     h5, d3, d5, d7

68     h5, d3, e6, c6

69     h5, e4, c4, d7

70     h5, e4, e6, b5

71     h5, f5, c4, c6

72     h5, f5, d5, b5


lord@rabbit resolve % more bi.f

        program bi

        implicit none

        integer cnt,i1,i2,i3,i4

        character*2 c(7,4)

        data c/'??','d1','e2','f3','g4','h5','??',

        2      'b1','c2','d3','e4','f5','g6','h7',

        3      'a2','b3','c4','d5','e6','f7','g8',

        4      '??','a4','b5','c6','d7','e8','??'/

        cnt=0

           do i1=2,6

            do 2 i2=1,7

            if(i2.eq.i1)go to 2

             do 3 i3=1,7

             if(i1.eq.i3.or.i2.eq.i3)go to 3

              do i4=2,6

              if((i1.eq.i4.or.i2.eq.i4.or.i3.eq.i4).or.

        1     (i1.ne.3.and.i2.ne.3.and.i3.ne.3.and.i4.ne.3).or.

        2     (i1.ne.4.and.i2.ne.4.and.i3.ne.4.and.i4.ne.4).or.

        3     (i1.ne.5.and.i2.ne.5.and.i3.ne.5.and.i4.ne.5))

        4     go to 4

              cnt=cnt+1

              print 1,cnt,c(i1,1),c(i2,2),c(i3,3),c(i4,4)

1             format(i2,5x,3(a2,', '),a2)

4             enddo

3            enddo

2           enddo

           enddo

        end             


Edited on September 1, 2021, 12:45 pm
  Posted by Steven Lord on 2021-09-01 12:26:21

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