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January 20, 2005 7:06 PM

Knight's Tour Notes. More than you ever wanted to know about knight's tours on a chessboard.
posted by Johnny Assay (7 comments total)

Everything, that is, except for a simple definition of a knight's tour. For that I had to go here.
posted by iJames at 7:29 PM on January 20, 2005

More than you ever wanted to know about knight's tours on a chessboard.

Waddya know... you're right!
posted by Doohickie at 7:50 PM on January 20, 2005

Also more than I ever wanted to know about that colour combination.
posted by Lionfire at 8:06 PM on January 20, 2005

Heavy math behind a lot of this, although some confront it using brute force.
posted by fold_and_mutilate at 10:17 PM on January 20, 2005

This is why nerds get beat up.
posted by TwelveTwo at 11:04 PM on January 20, 2005

And here's how to actually do it easily. Impress your friends!
posted by Vulpyne at 4:20 AM on January 21, 2005

I just learned about the Knights Tour while reading a book called The Turk about that automaton chess playing guy that toured the country in the 1800's. This link was really weirdly fascinating to me, thank you!
posted by jessamyn at 10:54 AM on January 21, 2005