101 Checker Puzzles
101 Checker Puzzles

Author: Robert W. Pike

Publisher: Sterling/Sew Information Resources

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780806960807

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This book shows the logic behind these 101 brilliant strategies in checkers. Divided into beginning, middle, and endgame tactics, this great book of checker challenges will hone your skills and your analytic powers. Each puzzle showcases a different board layout, with a description of what's happening: for example, "Black Flabbergasts White" reveals that very early in the contest, Black is about to make a move that will assure almost instant victory.

The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Checker Puzzles
The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Checker Puzzles

Author: Robert W. Pike

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780806979755

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Universally popular, checkers is one of the world s oldest and most elegantly structured board games and on a high level, it can demand real strategic thought. Put your skill to the test with these puzzles all based on the Standard American game. (Federation rules appear in their entirety.) Each is solvable in no more than six-and-a-half moves, and sometimes, the winner even seems at a serious disadvantage at the start. Quite a few of the solutions list alternative patterns of play. "

Study Maths
Study Maths

Author: Wendy Colyn

Publisher: Pearson South Africa

Published: 2000-12

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780636047075

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Pride & Prejudice & Puzzles
Pride & Prejudice & Puzzles

Author: Richard Galland

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Published: 2019-03-05

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1623545331

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Enter the world of Sense & Sensibility, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion with this beautifully realized puzzle collection that transports you to Jane Austen's England--a land of polite intrigue and conjugal contrivance. Permit yourself the indulgence of an interval of recreation and amusement to make your acquaintance with the riddles and conundrums contained within; for you are sure to receive no inconsiderable pleasure from the puzzling over and resolving of them. Your quest for an amiable distraction will be over, leaving your curiosity entirely satisfied. Puzzles there are plenty, clues there are many, and the pages are handsomely decorated with fine engravings entirely suited to the subject matter. "Really, Mr. Collins," cried Elizabeth with some warmth, "you puzzle me exceedingly. . ."--Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

World's Most Baffling Puzzles
World's Most Baffling Puzzles

Author: Charles Barry Townsend

Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780806958330

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Over 95 all-time bewildering puzzles are designed to confound, confuse, and make you cry "Uncle!" The 95-plus graphic illustrations help, but don't look for quick, easy solutions. Just sharpen your pencils--and your wits--and get ready to tackle the WORLD'S MOST BAFFLING PUZZLES. Answers can be found in the back, but no fair peeking first.