Shivers Hints

How do I solve the Chinese Checkers Puzzle?

  • 1 of 6: If this one is driving you nuts, you're not alone.  This one has almost everyone stumped!  But, you'll get a wonderful (and necessary) prize for solving it.  So keep trying!
  • 2 of 6: The object is to capture all of the marbles, leaving one in the center.
  • 3 of 6: Capture a marble by jumping it with another.  Continue doing this until you're down to just one.
  • 4 of 6: A good strategy is to start from the bottom & clean the marbles off the board until you have marbles only to the left of center.
  • 5 of 6: Draw a picture of the checkboard and number the marbles from 1 to 33 starting with the upper left marble.
  • 6 of 6: Make the following moves:  5 to 17   12 to 10   3 to 11   1 to 3   18 to 6 30 to 18   27 to 25   13 to 27   24 to 26   22 to 24   27 to 25   31 to 23 16 to 28   33 to 31   4 to 16   31 to 23   7 to 9   10 to 8   21 to 7   7 to 9   24 to 10  10 to 8   8 to 22   22 to 24   24 to 26   19 to 17   16 to 18 3 to 11 11 to 25   26 to 24  and finally 29 to 17