The Substitute Teacher
The Pentagon
A Peg Solitaire Puzzle
Uses 24 pegs. Pegs cover every hatched and vertical line cell at the beginning. These cells now form the pentagonal, or five sided figure. The aim is to reduce the pegs to a single peg placed in the vertical line cell. There are 15 moves in the solution, and they include only one chain jump. But this is spectacular -- nine pegs are removed in a single sweep. This is the kind of coup that the enthusiast tries to achieve.
Credits: Pieter Van Delft & Jack Botermans CREATIVE PUZZLES OF THE WORLD, page 172, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, New York