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Chess Puzzles

There are loads of interesting puzzles that you can make using a chessboard and chess pieces. Come try one! Can you solve the knight’s quest? Additional Resources: A Puzzling StackExchange post about defending every square on a chess board: https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/22/how-many-chess-pieces-does-it-take-to-cover-all-spaces-on-a-chessboard A Wikipedia article about one of the most classic chess questions; “can a knight reach…Continue Reading Chess Puzzles

The Game of SET

Are you a fan of the game SET? Are you a master? Have you never, ever, ever played it before? Great! Come learn about this amazing math game and try your hand at beating our SET masters! Additional Resources: A website where you can play SET against human or AI players: https://playset.netlify.app/ A website with…Continue Reading The Game of SET

AI Notakto

Can a “computer” win a game without being programmed with a strategy? Notakto is a variation of tic-tac-toe where both players play “X” and try to AVOID making three-in-a-row. We’ll use cups to stand in for our computer, tell it a list of valid moves, and reward it for winning. Will our computer find the…Continue Reading AI Notakto