Braingle: '5 X 5 Chess Board Puzzle' Brain Teaser

5 X 5 Chess Board Puzzle

Logic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.

Puzzle ID:	#22734
Fun:	(2.28)
Difficulty:	(2.31)
Category:	Logic
Submitted By:	rotwyla98

You have a 5 x 5 chess board. You must place 5 queens so that you can place three pawns on the board and they will not be taken.

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MAroxmysoxonice May 07, 2005	I would not have figured that out if my life depended on it. ( but it would probably help if I played chess
zonahobo May 07, 2005	I'm not a chess whiz or a cheese whiz but if you put a queen at each of the four corners, you leave four positions unthreatened around the middle. You could then place the 5th queen..err..maybe I am a cheese whiz .. nice puzzle!
krishnan May 07, 2005	I enjoyed this one thoroughly! Brilliant.
Master_Yoda May 07, 2005	Uhh... it was ok. There wasn't really any bright trick to this puzzle.
libra0890 May 07, 2005	so stupid and naieve. lol. libra0890
libra0890 May 07, 2005	jk im not much of a chess fan. libra0890
darthforman May 08, 2005
markmonnin May 09, 2005	It was a toughy.
didida May 10, 2005	That was a good one. U don't need to be a chess wiz to figure that one out.
(user deleted) May 11, 2005	it was pretty hard but it probably was that i can bearely play chess
calmsavior Sep 17, 2006	what would a pawn be doing in a corner?