By Kevin Paul Scarrott
Stavanger, Norway


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***PEG SOLITAIRE***
(Also called PEGGED)

The game known as "Peg Solitaire" was popular
throughout Europe in the 1800s. It is said the
game was invented by a prisoner in the Bastille.

The object of Pegged is to finish the game with
only one peg remaining on the board, preferably
in the centre hole.

You can remove a peg by jumping over it with another
peg. Only certain jumps are legal: you must jump
horizontally or vertically, and you can jump only
one peg at a time.

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The best way to facilitate this information is to play
Peg Solitaire with this text file open. Then you can
check your board layout with the diagrams below while you
are playing.

Here is the most genial solution in 31 moves:

¤= is always the leading peg to jump with
x= is the peg layout
o= the hole after the peg is removed


Start Layout.

    x x x
    x x x
x x x x x x x
x x x o x x x
x x x x x x x
    x ¤ x
    x x x

Move 1.

    x x x
    x x x
x x x x x x x
x x x x x x x
x x x o x ¤ x
    x o x
    x x x

Move 2.

    x x x
    x x x
x x x x x x x
x x x x x x x
x x x x o o x
    x o x
    x x ¤

Move 3.

    x x x
    x x x
x x x x x x x
x x x x x x x
x x x x x o x
    x o o
    ¤ x o

Move 4.

    x x x
    x x x
x x x x x x x
x x x x ¤ x x
x x x x x o x
    x o o
    o o x

Move 5.

    x x x
    x x x
x x x x x x x
x x x x o x x
x x x x o o x
    x o x
    o o ¤

Move 6.

    x x x
    x x ¤
x x x x x x x
x x x x o x x
x x x x x o x
    x o o
    o o o

Move 7.

    x x x
    x x o
x x x x o x ¤
x x x x x x x
x x x x x o x
    x o o
    o o o

Move 8.

    x x x
    x x o
x x x x x o o
x x x x x x x
x x x x x o ¤
    x o o
    o o o

Move 9.

    x x x
    x x o
x x x ¤ x o x
x x x x x x o
x x x x x o o
    x o o
    o o o

Move 10.

    x x x
    x x o
x x x o o x ¤
x x x x x x o
x x x x x o o
    x o o
    o o o

Move 11.

    x x x
    x x o
x ¤ x o x o o
x x x x x x o
x x x x x o o
    x o o
    o o o

Move 12.

    ¤ x x
    x x o
x o o x x o o
x x x x x x o
x x x x x o o
    x o o
    o o o

Move 13.

    o x ¤
    o x o
x o x x x o o
x x x x x x o
x x x x x o o
    x o o
    o o o

Move 14.

    x o o
    o x o
x o x x x o o
x x ¤ x x x o
x x x x x o o
    x o o
    o o o

Move 15.

    ¤ o o
    x x o
x o o x x o o
x x o x x x o
x x x x x o o
    x o o
    o o o

Move 16.

    o o o
    o x o
x o x x x o o
x x o x x x o
x x x x x o o
    ¤ o o
    o o o

Move 17.

    o o o
    o x o
x o x x x o o
x x x x x x o
¤ x o x x o o
    o o o
    o o o

Move 18.

    o o o
    o x o
¤ o x x x o o
x x x x x x o
o o x x x o o
    o o o
    o o o

Move 19.

    o o o
    o x o
o o x x x o o
o x x x x x o
x o x ¤ x o o
    o o o
    o o o

Move 20.

    o o o
    o x o
o o x x x o o
o x x x x x o
¤ x o o x o
    o o o
    o o o

Move 21.

    o o o
    o x o
o o x ¤ x o o
o x x x x x o
o o x o x o o
    o o o
    o o o

Move 22.

    o o o
    o x o
o o x o o ¤ o
o x x x x x o
o o x o x o o
    o o o
    o o o

Move 23.

    o o o
    o x o
o o x o o o o
o x x x x o o
o o x o x ¤ o
    o o o
    o o o

Move 24.

    o o o
    o x o
o o x o o o o
o x x x x o o
o o x ¤ o o o
    o o o
    o o o

Move 25.

    o o o
    o x o
o o x o o o o
o x x x x o o
o ¤ o o o o o
    o o o
    o o o

Move 26.

    o o o
    o x o
o ¤ x o o o o
o o x x x o o
o o o o o o o
    o o o
    o o o

Move 27.

    o o o
    o x o
o o o x o o o
o o x ¤ x o o
o o o o o o o
    o o o
    o o o

Move 28.

    o o o
    o ¤ o
o o o x o o o
o o x o o x o
o o o o o o o
    o o o
    o o o

Move 29.

    o o o
    o o o
o o o o o o o
o o ¤ x o x o
o o o o o o o
    o o o
    o o o

Move 30.

    o o o
    o o o
o o o o o o o
o o o o x ¤ o
o o o o o o o
    o o o
    o o o

Move 31.

    o o o
    o o o
o o o o o o o
o o o x o o o
o o o o o o o
    o o o
    o o o



If you have one peg left in the centre hole on the board,
well done, you have solved Peg Solitaire!!!

Now try it again!