Chess Pains – White To Move

April 2014 : Solution

The answer is “headache”. The best moves for white, starting in the top left and moving clockwise, are H1H7, D4C6, A3A5, E2E8. Sorting those 8 squares numerically from 1 to 8 yields our answer. Congratulations to S.B., one of 8 people to submit the correct answer, and winner of a Jane Street t-shirt!