Siamese Locked Nests – Stewart Coffin design
1 December 2008Sold out 2008 Limited Edition Set of 30. Original Price: AU$235.00 Stewart Coffin wrote in “Geometric Puzzle Design” that assembling a cluster of separate hexagonal…
The puzzle is to exchange the positions of the two white knights with the two black knights. The starting positions of each knight are inlaid on the board.
You must stay within the squares on the board and may use ‘Knight’ moves (as in chess) only. It was thought this puzzle was devised in Russia, but recent advice is that its origins are unknown. However, it was adopted and further developed into its current form by Ili Kaufmann in Israel. It was presented by Edward Hordern at the “Gathering for Gardner, Three” in January 1998.
The board is made from Queensland Spotted Gum. The knights are cast from pewter. The bases of the white knights are Queensland Silver Ash and the black knights are Blackbean.