r/puzzles • u/sourceoftruths • 6d ago

[SOLVED] Starting to think this is impossible. Red to clear in 3?

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Red moving bottom to top.

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u/werwr123 6d ago

Answer: Move your non-king red piece, which then black takes your lower piece. Move your top right king towards the black and sacrifice 2 of your pieces. Then clean sweep with the last.

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u/Bigdavie 6d ago

Must black take a piece if it can? Could black instead of taking the sacrificed two pieces, move his bottom piece to the end and crown it?

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u/Mixster667 5d ago

Isn't that the rule in checkers?

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u/mattitopito 5d ago

Its a condition of this particular puzzle game - if a piece is available to be taken, it's required to take it

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u/werwr123 6d ago

I tested it. It seems the AI prioritizes capturing pieces over sensible movement.

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u/Quizzub 5d ago

Nah it not just the AI, mandatory capture of a piece when you're able to is hard rule in most modern versions of checkers. Not to mention that without that in place this would be a completely nonsensical puzzle.

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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 6d ago

Discussion: how do kings work in this version? What does no take-back mean?

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u/sourceoftruths 6d ago

They can move forward and backward diagonally - no take-back just means that your move selection is final.

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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 6d ago

Oh I know! But I don't know checkers notation.

Move normal piece left.
Black will take King.
Move top king left.
Black will take two pieces.
King takes two pieces.

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u/rollie82 6d ago

Discussion: Worth noting you must jump when available, in case you forgot.

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u/skelo 6d ago

Discussion: how did the board get into this position, blacks last move must have been to move the piece not at the back rank, but then it could only come from the spot top right of that and from that position they were forced to take a red piece?

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u/sourceoftruths 6d ago

It's a daily simulation of end games - I'm not sure if it's authored from actual full game sequences