I damn Minoru Abe. Who the hell does he think he is? I have solved Man and Woman but in such an excess of moves that I couldn't even consider notching my belt on that one.
I sneer at Nob Yoshigahara, but not too much since I have actually plotted and documented the correct move solution to his No-Off work. Here it is:
O down, N right, lamp right, O up, F left, F left, O left, N down, lamp right, O right, F up, F left, O down, lamp left, N up, O right, O right, F right, F down, lamp left,
O up, O left, N down, O right, lamp right, F up, F left, O left, N left, O down,
lamp right, O up, F right, F down, O left, lamp left, O up, N right, F right, F right,
O down, lamp left, O left, N up.
Rodolfo Kurchan might just be the biggest bastard though. IPP 19 is supposedly 26 moves. You'd think with a low move count and a mere 5 pieces that it would be easy to crack. Well, not for me anyway.
Go here and decipher the correct pathways of these mechanical constructs.
http://www.johnrausch.com/SlidingBlockPuzzles/default.htm
EVB
