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Three-Square Cover-Uncover Sliding Puzzle
Uncover the Three by Three
(simplest variant and trial version)


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The puzzle above is the simplest example of what may be called a "three-square cover-uncover sliding puzzle". (Note that by using a link on this page outside the game board and its buttons you will leave the puzzle and go to a different page.) First of all, it uses the smallest board possible, with sides of only five cells. Secondly, the covering square is subdivided into the smallest number of blocks possible. The largest of these blocks is already in the proper position and the second-largest has only to be moved one place horizontally and one place vertically towards the corner of the board. Too easy? Try the more complicated 7-block variant before proceeding to a ten-by-ten board.

The easiest method of keeping track of the moves you make to solve this kind of puzzle is to write down the letter of the block, followed by l(eft), u(p), r(ight) or d(own). If you move the same block a number of places in the same direction, you can show this by using that number followed by the code for one move in that direction. For example, 3Bd then stands for moving block B 3 places down, and is short for BdBdBd. With this notation system a solution to the above puzzle may be written as: DdDr2EdEl2CrCu3BdFu2Fr. (There are other solutions, but they do not differ from this one in any essential or interesting way.)

Once you have cleared the central square of this puzzle in (hopefully) 14 moves, you will see a table of three rows and three columns with some text and figures. This same table can be found in The Year-Week-Day System, except that the two yearly inaccuracies of 0.1% are not shown here. It demonstrates how much more accurate the Metric Calendar is than the traditionally most freakuently used religious-imperial one. It also demonstrates that you cannot, need not and must not take anyone seriously who employs that freak of culture to make statistical claims about such a thing as the differences between the economic data of two quarters or, worse, months.

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© (Copyright) MVVM (Machiel Vincent van Mechelen)
66 aSWW (years after the Second World War)

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door 'n snelverbinding in een van de twee drijvende menu's bovenaan of links van dit deelraam te volgen die niet hoort bij het spelbord verlies je de puzzel met de huidige rangschikking van de blokken.
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(Deze mededeling verdwijnt als je op INFO of DOEL klikt.)

Uncover the Three by Three
(simplest variant and trial version)

INITIAL AND FINAL ARRANGEMENTS
BEGIN- EN EINDRANGSCHIKKINGEN

This is the initial arrangement of the blocks (in dark grey)/Dit is de beginrangschikking van de blokken (in donkergrijs):

And this should be the final arrangement of the blocks/En dit moet de eindrangschikking van de blokken worden:

Try to get from the initial to the final arrangement in no more moves than absolutely necessary./Probeer in niet meer zetten dan absoluut noodzakelijk van de begin- naar de eindrangschikking te komen.

© M. Vincent van Mechelen, 66 aSWW/nTWO

Uncover the Three by Three
(simplest variant and trial version)

G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N
for all sliding block puzzles

The purpose of these puzzles is to shift the blocks of one color in order to get the desired new arrangement in a minimum number of moves. The requirements of the final arrangement can be seen after pushing the GOAL button. To move a block, click one of the grey patches on one of its tiles (the upper one to go up one place, the left one to go to the left one place, etc.). It does not matter which of a block's tiles you click: by clicking one of its tiles the whole block (of one and the same color) will move in the direction indicated. So long as there is enough space!

A L G E M E N E I N F O R M A T I E
voor alle schuifblokkenpuzzels

In deze puzzels moeten de blokken van een kleur verschoven worden om 'n gewenste nieuwe rangschikking te verkrijgen in 'n minimaal aantal bewegingen. De eisen van de eindrangschikking worden getoond na het indrukken van de DOEL-knop. Om 'n blok te verplaatsen klik je op een van de grijze stukjes op een van de tegeltjes van dat blok (aan de bovenkant om een plaats naar boven te gaan, aan de linkerkant om een plaats naar links te gaan, enz.). Het doet er niet toe op welk tegeltje van 'n blok je klikt: door op een van zijn tegeltjes te klikken, verschuift het hele blok (van een en dezelfde kleur) in de aangeduide richting. Zolang er voldoende ruimte is!

© M. Vincent van Mechelen, 66 aSWW/nTWO