327.--A NEW BISHOP'S PUZZLE.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney.

[Illustration: A]

[Illustration: B]

Play as follows, using the notation indicated by the numbered squares in Diagram A:--

White. | Black. | White. | Black. 1. 18--15 | 1. 3--6 | 10. 20--10 | 10. 1--11 2. 17--8 | 2. 4--13 | 11. 3--9 | 11. 18--12 3. 19--14 | 3. 2--7 | 12. 10--13 | 12. 11--8 4. 15--5 | 4. 6--16 | 13. 19--16 | 13. 2--5 5. 8--3 | 5. 13-18 | 14. 16--1 | 14. 5--20 6. 14--9 | 6. 7--12 | 15. 9--6 | 15. 12--15 7. 5--10 | 7. 16-11 | 16. 13-7 | 16. 8--14 8. 9--19 | 8. 12--2 | 17. 6--3 | 17. 15-18 9. 10--4 | 9. 11-17 | 18. 7--2 | 18. 14--19

Diagram B shows the position after the ninth move. Bishops at 1 and 20 have not yet moved, but 2 and 19 have sallied forth and returned. In the end, 1 and 19, 2 and 20, 3 and 17, and 4 and 18 will have exchanged places. Note the position after the thirteenth move.

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