I definitely found it easier today to pay more attention to the chess board than the trivia questions. I believe that all of the answers to the trivia questions may actually be found in The Da Vinci Code, but you would have to have read it very closely. You’d be much better off if you were a history buff. I’m still having difficulty seeing the solutions from the beginning of the challenge. I think because they usually require black to make a really bad move, and I just have trouble thinking that way.
Tags: Contest/Competition,davinci-code,google,movies,puzzlesDa Vinci Code Puzzle 16
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed that the chess puzzles don’t always make sense.
I might even say knowing how to play chess can even hurt you.
And i could swear that the final solution to my puzzle wasn’t even checkmate, but since you get a random puzzle everytime, I couldn’t check it out.
Comment by Ben — May 2, 2006 @ 2:45 pm
Having played the game a couple more times, I think that it may be the case that there is only one possible way to get to checkmate in three moves (or a move and a half.) I said before that black’s move has to be really bad, but often white has to make a move that no chess player ever would. One required me to put white’s queen in danger on the first move, but black’s move is always to back the king into a corner and not take white’s queen.
Comment by Josh — May 2, 2006 @ 3:21 pm
This is what is known in chess circles as a “helpmate” puzzle (where the opposing side assists in getting the checkmate). Oddly enough, some of them can get lengthly.
Comment by jdyer — May 2, 2006 @ 4:08 pm