Queen Elizabeth II's monarchy is losing support in the 70th year of her reign as more than a quarter of Brits now want to abolish the royals. Anti-monarchy campaign group Republic warned of "a huge ...

During the Cold War, the threat from the Soviets was quantifiable and often predictable. We could specify requirements, budget and acquire weapons based on a known foe. We could design warfighting ...

If you have a few chess sets at home, try the following exercise: Arrange eight queens on a board so that none of them are attacking each other. If you succeed once, can you find a second arrangement?

A popular chess problem known as the Queen’s Puzzle has captivated mathematicians and computer scientists for years, yet no one has been able to write a computer program that can solve the conundrum ...

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Ian Gent receives funding from EPSRC. The above picture shows a chessboard with two queens placed on it. As the queens do not share the same row, column or diagonal of the chessboard they are not ...

Chess aficionados know that the game is one of exponential complexity. The first three moves yield more than 9 million possible board positions and there are nearly 319 billion possible ways to play ...

From visual exercises to solving the famous Eight Queens problem, explore how chess sharpens your mathematical reasoning and strategic thinking Chess is often seen as a tool to aid rational thinking ...

The problem first appeared in 1869. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A chess problem that has stumped mathematicians for more than ...