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'''Checkerboard''' is a [INSERT PUZZLE TYPE] puzzle from the [[Wizard's Hollow]] round of the [[MIT Mystery Hunt (2020)|2020 MIT Mystery Hunt]]. It [INSERT BRIEF DESCRIPTION]
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|author = Ian Tullis and Yar Woo
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|author2 = Yar Woo
|answer = LEGAL BALANCE
|solves = 34
|guesses = 172
|link = https://puzzles.mit.edu/2020/puzzle/checkerboard/
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'''Checkerboard''' is a puzzle from the {{l|Wizard's Hollow}} round of the [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2020|2020 MIT Mystery Hunt]]. The puzzle is presented as a checkerboard with some text written on the board and the pieces.


==Solve Path==
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==Puzzle Elements==
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[[Flavortext]] - ''If you want to play some Wizard’s Checkers, there’s only one rule—don’t make any dick moves (or any moves at all, really).''
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{{spoiler|label=Spoiler-y Elements}}
[[Hint in Flavortext]] - ''If you want to play some Wizard’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkers_speech '''Checkers'''], there’s only one rule—don’t make any [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon '''dick'''] moves (or [[Red Herring|any moves at all, really]]).''

[[Knowledge Required]] ([[Politics]]) - Despite appearances, this is not a checkers puzzle—it's actually a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkers_speech Checkers] puzzle. An excerpt from Richard Nixon's Checkers speech can be filled, one word at a time, into the checkerboard. (Potential ambiguity around the hyphenated word "six-year-old" is resolved by including it as a given.)

[[Indexing]] - The yellow numbers scattered around the board can then be used to index into the square's word, yielding...

[[Keep Going!]] - ...ENEMIES AND AIDES. This is, however, not the answer.

[[Identification]] (Politics) - Now knowing the puzzle centers around Richard Nixon, ENEMIES AND AIDES can be recontextualized around Nixon's political life to refer to two specific lists: ENEMIES being members of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon%27s_Enemies_List Nixon's Enemies List] and AIDES the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_Seven seven aides indicted in 1974 for their roles in the Watergate Scandal].

[[Alphanumeric Extraction]] - The Enemies List is conveniently numbered and has a size approximating 26. For each set of initials on a red checker, take that person's position on the list.

[[Enumerations]] - The enumerations on the black checkers uniquely identify one of the Watergate Seven...

Indexing - ...and the parenthesized numbers can be used as an index. Concatenating the two words obtained from these extractions yields the answer.

{{spoiler-end}}

Latest revision as of 22:05, 1 November 2022

Checkerboard
MIT Mystery Hunt 2020
Wizard's Hollow
Author(s)Ian Tullis and Yar Woo
AnswerClick to revealLEGAL BALANCE
Statistics
No. solves34
No. total guesses172
Links
PuzzleLink
SolutionLink

Checkerboard is a puzzle from the Wizard's Hollow round of the 2020 MIT Mystery Hunt. The puzzle is presented as a checkerboard with some text written on the board and the pieces.

Puzzle Elements[edit | edit source]

Flavortext - If you want to play some Wizard’s Checkers, there’s only one rule—don’t make any dick moves (or any moves at all, really).

 

Hint in Flavortext - If you want to play some Wizard’s Checkers, there’s only one rule—don’t make any dick moves (or any moves at all, really).

Knowledge Required (Politics) - Despite appearances, this is not a checkers puzzle—it's actually a Checkers puzzle. An excerpt from Richard Nixon's Checkers speech can be filled, one word at a time, into the checkerboard. (Potential ambiguity around the hyphenated word "six-year-old" is resolved by including it as a given.)

Indexing - The yellow numbers scattered around the board can then be used to index into the square's word, yielding...

Keep Going! - ...ENEMIES AND AIDES. This is, however, not the answer.

Identification (Politics) - Now knowing the puzzle centers around Richard Nixon, ENEMIES AND AIDES can be recontextualized around Nixon's political life to refer to two specific lists: ENEMIES being members of Nixon's Enemies List and AIDES the seven aides indicted in 1974 for their roles in the Watergate Scandal.

Alphanumeric Extraction - The Enemies List is conveniently numbered and has a size approximating 26. For each set of initials on a red checker, take that person's position on the list.

Enumerations - The enumerations on the black checkers uniquely identify one of the Watergate Seven...

Indexing - ...and the parenthesized numbers can be used as an index. Concatenating the two words obtained from these extractions yields the answer.

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