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Puzzling Asked on April 29, 2021

This puzzle is dedicated to the great Diego Maradona.

Maradona has the ball and is going for an amazing run. He must get around all his opponents and score the ball into the goals (gray cells). At each turn he can do the following:

  • Move into one of 8 neighboring empty cells.
  • Move into the neighboring cell with the ball. This will push the ball into its neighboring cell in the same direction, provided that it is empty. If the ball’s neighboring cell is not empty then the move cannot occur. For example, currently Maradona cannot move up.

Maradona cannot move outside the grid and his opponents do not move (they are too slow to react!). What is the least number of turns required for Maradona to score?

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3 Answers

I can find

where the paths are (describing the ball's movement in NSEW; Maradona's moves are implied between direction changes, where he has to move without moving the ball)

I observed that

Also

Correct answer by Bubbler on April 29, 2021

If I undersood the rules correctly, 9 turns.

  1. Goes W alone
  2. Goes NE with the ball
  3. Goes NE with the ball
  4. Goes N with the ball
  5. Goes E alone
  6. Goes N with the ball
  7. Goes N with the ball
  8. Goes E alone
  9. Goes NW with the ball - scoring move.

Answered by Den on April 29, 2021

It's 6 moves. NW NW N N N NE

All moves are with the ball.

The other answers are spending moves making maradona move without the ball but it don't see the point. There's nothing specifying maradona can't move diagonally, while the ball also moves diagonally. He can move into 8 neighboring cells and the ball can do the same.

Edit: Observing that maradona can "Move into the neighboring cell with the ball. This will push the ball into its neighboring cell in the same direction, provided that it is empty." This means that maradona can move NW on first move, and the ball also moves NW

Answered by Manus Deus on April 29, 2021

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