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Miscellaneous => The Sallyport => Topic started by: Sir Edward on 2011-04-11, 20:55:05

Title: A Knight's Tour
Post by: Sir Edward on 2011-04-11, 20:55:05

It's funny what you can come up with when googling for things like "knight's journey" or anything involving knights and games.

This one involves chess. I think if I went on this sort of journey, I'd get dizzy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight%27s_tour (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight%27s_tour)

(http://modernchivalry.org/pictures/knight-tour.gif)

Title: Re: A Knight's Tour
Post by: Sir Ancelyn on 2011-04-12, 13:06:34

Gah!  :o

Dizzy does not even begin to cover that.  :)

Title: Re: A Knight's Tour
Post by: Sir William on 2011-04-12, 14:41:01

The knight's an excellent piece for tactical ambush...of them all, I favor this one's moveset.  Almost like charging sidelong and hitting at an angle.  That's quite the collection of moves though...can't recall ever seeing the knight move around THAT much.

Title: Re: A Knight's Tour
Post by: Sir Edward on 2011-04-12, 15:05:43

Yeah, it's an interesting puzzle, coming up with a path that takes the knight through every square on the board exactly once. There are multiple solutions, of course, depending on where the knight starts on the board, etc.