The Devils Chessboard

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Notes on a problem I only heard recently.

It's been suggested that

"It's just a standard puzzle from coding theory."

and a reference is given:

"Two applications of a Hamming code" -- Andy Liu
- Mathematics Magazine, January 2009

I've downloaded that and have a copy. He's probably right.

However:

2009/01/xx : http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maa/cmj/2009/00000040/00000001/art00001
2009/10/31 : https://ocfnash.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/yet-another-prisoner-puzzle/
2009/11/17 : https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.theory/mSmXV1_oXWc
2010/10/28 : http://eucalculia.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/prisoners-and-chessboard-solution.html
2013/06/17 : http://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/1gidre/the_devils_chessboard/
2013/06/17 : http://xonpc.com/devilchess (answer, pdf file)
2013/10/03 : http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/513602/determining-the-favored-penny-on-a-chessboard
2014/12/12 : http://datagenetics.com/blog/december12014/index.html

As we can see, it's been around for a time. My only
contribution was to turn it into a "performance piece."

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