Fastest Stalemate
Can you design a chess game that ends up with a stalemate in the 10th move?
One possible game is:
1. h4 h5
2. c4 a5
3. Qa4 Ra6
4. Qxa5 Rah6
5. Qxc7 f6
6. Qxd7 Kf7
7. Qxb7 Qd3
8. Qxb8 Qh7
9. Qxc8 Kg6
10. Qe6
Flat as a Leaf
It is flat as a leaf, round as a ring,
Has two eyes, yet cannot see a thing.
What is it ?
The answer is BUTTON.
Broken Window
One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball came crashing through the window, breaking it. Holmes got up and looked out just in time to see three neighborhood kids who were brothers run around the corner. Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson
The next day Holmes got a note on his door that read:
“? Crimson. He broke your window.”
Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident?
He should question Mark. The note read: “QUESTION MARK Crimson. He broke your window.”
Selfmate
White starts and forces Black to mate him in 8 moves.

1. Nb1+ Kb3
2. Qd1+ Rc23
3. Bc1 axb6
4. Ra1 b5
5. Rh1 bxc4
6. Ke1 c3
7. Ng1 f3
8. Bf1 f2#
WWII Planes
During World War II, the mathematician Abraham Wald was asked to help with determining which parts of the allied forces’ planes must be armored better. After examining the surviving American planes, he noticed that there were many holes in the fuselage, and very few in the engines. After careful thinking, he suggested that the armor on the engines must be improved. Why?

Abraham Wald realized that the holes should have been distributed more evenly across the planes. Therefore the planes which had more holes in the fuselage survived, while the planes which had more holes in the engines got destroyed.
Puzzle Sum 20
What two American cities do these sums spell?

SEAT + CATTLE – CAT = SEATTLE
BOY + AWL – YAWL + STONE – E = BOSTON
The Common One
Kings and queens may cling to power, and the jester’s got his call,
But, as you may all discover, the common one outranks them all.
The answer is THE ACE IN A DECK OF CARDS.