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Slippery Board

Slippery Board

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You have three white rooks on a 7 x 7 board that is slippery, that is, the pieces that you move won't stop until they bump into another piece or an edge of the board. At the starting position, the rooks are at A1, D4 and G7. How do you get the rook that starts at A1 to end up at D4?

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(a1)-(g1), (g1)-g6, g7-a7, a7-a1, a1-g1, g1-g5, (g6)-(a6), (a6)-(a1), (a1)-(g1), (g1)-(g4), d4-a4, (g4)-(b4), a4-a1, a1-g1, g1-g4, g4-c4, (b4)-(b1), (b1)-(g1), (g1)-(g4), (g4)-(d4)