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A classic Soviet logic puzzle: which shooter hit the bullseye?

Ellsworth Toohey
Jan 25, 2026
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From Boris Kordemsky’s The Moscow Puzzles, 1956.

Three shooters — Andryusha, Volodya, and Borya — each fired 6 shots at a target and scored 71 points total. Andryusha’s first two shots earned 22 points, and Volodya’s first shot earned 3 points. Who hit the bullseye?

This puzzle comes from Boris Kordemsky’s The Moscow Puzzles (1956), a legendary collection…

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