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The complexity and logic involved in playing chess has fascinated mathematicians for many years. Gauss and other theorists spent years working out chess problems. The ultimate problem naturally is: How is the perfect game of chess played? Because of the fantastic number of possibilities and combinations involved, little headway has been made in forming a solution. For example, consider the problem of :Eight Queens". Gauss originally proposed seventy six possible solutions. By 1876, some forty years later, forty-two different solutions had been found by chess masters. Konig, using graph theory techniques, easily demonstrates ninety-two possible; solutions. He also proves ninety-two answers the above question. |
