The puzzle king : Sam Loyd's chess problems and selected mathematical puzzles
✍ Scribed by Sid Pickard; Sam Loyd
- Publisher
- Pickard & Sons Publishers
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 241
- Edition
- First Edition
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
THE PUZZLE KING has 710 chess problems and 34 math puzzles. All are composed by American's greatest puzzle maker, Sam Loyd.An exciting and rewarding way to hone your chess skills and more importantly, have fun. Everyone loves a puzzle, and this page-turner sharpens your chess visions and stretches your imagination
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С. Лойд (1841? 1911) замечательный мастер головоломок и занимательных задач. Его яркий и своеобразный талант завоевал широкое признание во всем мире. В данной книге в первых пяти разделах приведено 710 шахматных задач Лойда. Шестой раздел книги - 34 математические головоломки.
Bizarre imagination, originality, trickiness, whimsy characterize puzzles of Sam Loyd, America’s greatest puzzler. Present selection from fabulously rare Cyclopedia includes the famous 14–15 puzzles, the Horse of a Different Color, and 115 others in various areas of elementary math. 150 period line
One of the very few great innovators of puzzles, Sam Loyd (1841-1911) invented thousands of the most valuable, ingenious, and popular puzzles ever originated. After his death, his son issued a vast collection of these puzzles which had appeared in newspapers and magazines for more than thirty years.