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Piet Hein
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Claude Berge
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Bert Enderton
Puzzle 1
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Puzzle 2
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Puzzle 3
The unique winning first move is Red c3! (e2 is defeated by e3, d3 is defeated by e1, e3 is defeated by e2, and b4 is defeated by d3).
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The following seem like horizontal's (Blue's) best tries from the above position.
| 1. d2 | e2 | 2. d5 | c5 | 3. d4 | b3 | 4. c4 | a5 | ||||
| 1. d3 | b3 | 2. b5 | e3 | ||||||||
| 1. e1 | d2 | 2. d1 | d1 | 3. c4 | b3 | 4. e3 | a5 | or | 4. b5 | e3 | |
| ........ | .... | 2. c4 | b3 | 3. c5 | e3 | 4. e4 | f3 | 5. e6 | d5 | ||
| 1. d5 | b3 | 2. d2 | b2 | 3. c4 | a5 | 4. a6 | c5 | 5. b5 | e3 | 6. d5 | f5 |
| ........ | .... | ........ | .... | 3. b5 | c5 | 4. c4 | e3 | ||||
| ........ | .... | ........ | .... | 3. b6 | a6 | 4. b4 | c5 | 5. c4 | e3 | 6. e6 | d4 |
| 1. c4 | e3 | 2. e2 | b3 | 3. d3 | a5 | ||||||
| 1. b5 | d4 | 2. d3 | f2 | 3. f1 | d2 | 4. c4 | e2 | 5. e4 | e3 | 6. c5 | e5 |
| ........ | .... | 2. e1 | d2 | 3. d1 | f1 | 4. e2 | f2... | ||||
| 1. b4 | d2 | 2. d5 | c5 | 3. c4 | e3 | 4. d4 | e5 |
Other authors
Puzzle 1
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Puzzle 2
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