UKPA Open Tournament th th 29 30 March, 2014 Chess Pieces Round

Puzzles by Tawan Sunathvanichkul

1&2 3&4 5&6 7 8

Puzzle Lighthouses Anti-Knight Star Battle Slash Pack Queen Sudoku King Me Total

Points 10 & 20 10 & 50 10 & 20 40 40 200

Time: 45 minutes.

1&2

Lighthouses (10 & 20)

Locate 10 one cell ships in the grid. Ships cannot touch lighthouses or other ships, not even diagonally. Numbers on the lighthouses indicate the number of ships that it can see. A lighthouse sees all cells that are in the same row and column as itself. Ships and lighthouses do not obscure other ships behind them. Ships do not occupy cells with waves.

3&4

Anti-Knight Star Battle (10 & 50)

Locate a number of stars in each row, column and bolded regions. No two stars may be a chess knights move away from each other.

5&6

Slash Pack (10 & 20)

Split cells using diagonals to create distinct regions that each contain a full set of numbers. Lines must terminate at either the edge of the grid or at another line.

Queen Sudoku (40)

Place a digit from 1-9 in each empty cell so that each number appears once in every row, column and outlined 3x3 box. The number 9s represent chess queens and they cannot attack each other. (Example by Rohan Rao.)

King Me (40)

Locate the listed words and phrases in the grid. The letter sequence K-I-N-G will be replaced by the picture of a king. Words can go in any of the eight straight directions. One word will be missing. Identify the missing word.