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As a teenager I had a chess lesson with Ben Finegold and I practiced this puzzle for weeks on a physical board. He also mentioned this riddle off hand which I

• oakashes 4y ago
  That is fun! It's interesting, the solution is presented here[1], but I'm pretty sure it's wrong (off by 19) due to not taking into account the possibility for the pawn to move two squares on its first move. [1] https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/can-you-survive-this-deadly-board-game/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/can-you-survive-this-de...
  • 0x0000000 4y ago
    That post says, > Note: If you counted the pawn moving forward two squares with its initial move as distinct from its moving two individual squares, then there are 160 paths. Feeling generous, I gave full credit for either approach.
    • oakashes 4y ago
      I guess I didn't read far enough. Seems pretty obvious you'd need to count that as a separate path, to me the 141 answer is plain incorrect.