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DIALOGUE Issue #4 2019
THE GAMES ROOM Chess Puzzle by Harry Grieve Harry Grieve OG 2019 was UK Junior Chess Champion in 2017 and won an international chess competition in Budapest in the summer of 2018 to become FM (FIDE Master). He recently took part in the European Youth Team Championships in the Czech Republic where England finished 4th=. This position is taken from a game Harry played at the Terafinal 2019. White to play and win. Answers on p97
Corker by Mash Letters used in clues represent the integers 1-22 in an order to be determined. Normal rules of algebra apply, there are no leading zeros and entries are distinct. Solvers should use their equivalences first to deduce the intended theme of the puzzle in three central cells of the completed grid. Then to complete the picture, the two unclued entries and all their surrounding cells (including those touching diagonally) must be coloured appropriately. Down right
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1 CERISE 2 TAN 4 VI+RI+D+I–A+N 6 Y–E+L+L+O–W 7 ME–L–O+N 8 SC+ARL–E–T 9 PUCE = EB+O–N–Y + W+OO–D 10 LEM+ON 11 A+M–E+T–H+YS–T 12 CRI+M+SO–N 13 TEAL 18 GOL–D 19 L+I+L–A+C = P+I+N–K 20 PEAR+L 21 E+A–U + D–E – N+IL = F+UC+H–SI–A
1 BEI+G–E = H+EL–I+O–T–R–O–PE 5 DA–Y–G+LO + O+R–A+NG+E 6 C+HOCO+L+A+TE 8 RED 12 GR+EE+N 14 TITIAN 16 CORAL 17 M+A+GE–NT+A = ROSE 22 SEP+I+A
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