Math Puzzle - THE CHESSBOARD SENTENCE.

Black brother, think you life so sweet That you would live at any price? Does mere existence balance with The weight of your great sacrifice? Or can it be you fear the grave Enough to live and die a slave? O Brother! be it better said, When... Read more of Time To Die at Martin Luther King.ca

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THE CHESSBOARD SENTENCE.

(Chessboard Problems)
I once set myself the amusing task of so dissecting an ordinary
chessboard into letters of the alphabet that they would form a complete
sentence. It will be seen from the illustration that the pieces
assembled give the sentence, "CUT THY LIFE," with the stops between. The
ideal sentence would, of course, have only one full stop, but that I did
not succeed in obtaining.
The sentence is an appeal to the transgressor to cut himself adrift from
the evil life he is living. Can you fit these pieces together to form a
perfect chessboard?
STATICAL CHESS PUZZLES.
"They also serve who only stand and wait."
MILTON.

Answer:

+===I===I===I===I=======I=======+
| |:::| |:::| ::::| ::::|
I===I...I===I...I...+===I...+===I
|:::| ::::: |:::| ::::: |
|...|...+===I...I...+===+...+===I
| |:::| |:::| ::::| ::::|
|...+===+...+===I===I===I=======I
|:::: ::::: |:::| ::::: |
I===========I===I...I===I===+...|
| ::::: |:::| |:::| |:::|
|...+===+...|...|...|...I===+...|
|:::| |:::| |:::| |:::: |
|...|...|...|...I===+...+===+...|
| |:::| |:::| ::::: |:::|
I===+...+===I...+=======I===+...|
|:::: ::::| ::::: |:::: |
+===========I===================+
The pieces may be fitted together, as shown in the illustration, to form
a perfect chessboard.