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by heleninboodler 1250 days ago
Took me a few minutes to understand what exactly I was supposed to do but once I figured it out I reset and did it in 13:15. Pretty neat game. I'm not sure I could do it faster a second time, just because my approach is a bit trial-and-error. Some patterns were surprisingly elusive this way.

I actually think I would enjoy it more if the UI helped a bit more, like by marking the squares that were forbidden because of the queen.

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Thanks. Regarding marking forbidden squares, apparently the whole point of the game is to develop visualization skills for chess (under Help, it references a grandmaster who recommends this exercise), so if it marked forbidden squares it would defeat the purpose a bit, I think!