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LCas...@ix.netcom.com (Leith Cassone) writes:
>
>I've done this one, several times.  But I installed a new CD drive and
>then re-installed T7G.  I can't solve it again!!!   Help :)
>
>Thanks, This is driving me nutz  :)
>
>Leith
 
Hi, Leith,
 
I really empathize with you.  I'm in a similar pickle.  I'll help you
and I hope you can help me.  The first time I played T7G I played
with a friend and it was the 8-bishop reversal puzzle that drove
us nearly insane. Even when one of us solved it for the first four
we couldn't remember what the principle had been, so the other one
had to sweat it out for the other four all over again.  Please, if
you know how to solve the bishop puzzle, tell me, because now I'm
playing T7G again with a different friend and we've just thrown in
the towel on the bishops!
 
The/this second time around I was stumped for a second on the queen
problem I think because I simply WANTED to begin at the top of the
left file (I work these out in file-mind rather than rank-mind),
but as soon as I freed myself from that prejudice it all came back
to me.  What you do is begin (of course there are probably lots
of ways to do this, this is just mine) 7 up on the leftmost file.
You ascend until you reach the bottom rank, and begin again at
the uppermost possible file.  To simplify, here's the solution
in chess notation:
 
(You are, of course, "white")
 
QR7, QKt5, QB3, Q1, K8, KB6, KKt4, KR2 -- that's it.
 
I hope you can help me on that bishop problem (I just worked this
out on a chessboard for you, the idea of looking at the bishop
problem in the actual computer game makes me shudder), but, if
you can't, that's ok.
 
So long and good luck,
 
Trina
 
(Trina Borras, Wash., D.C., trina@ibrdvm1 or -@ibrdvm1.worldbank.org)
 
P.S.  I never did solve two of the puzzles the first time around--
      neither the virus/redbloodcell nor the rubicks-cubey near the
      end -- but I don't want any hints, I'm determined to resolve
      them this time!  (I don't care about the bishops, I have no
      pride, I just want to be put out of my misery.)