Sunday, November 21, 2010

Peg Solitaire

Magnetic board Solitaire was a thoughtful Diwali present given to us a couple of years ago. Peg solitaire is a game for one player involving pegs or counters/marbles that move by jumping over adjacent counters.The standard game fills the entire board with pegs except for the central hole. The objective of the game is to end the game with only one counter in the center.
I would try over and over to solve it, without success for many months. The fewest number of pieces I could solve with was 3. Always in a triangular pattern in the center.
With some help, I am happy to say that I have solved it perfectly.
Thank you Aman for helping me post this blog.