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hammocksleeper
03-28-2005, 12:51 PM
Get the knight on every space in the least amount of moves possible. The lowest would be sixty-three. On my first try I used only sixty-five moves. :)

http://mindbluff.com/askchess.htm

Jeff
03-28-2005, 1:32 PM
That's tough. I did it in 70 the first try and 64 the second. I went around the board in circles and it seemed to work fairly well, but I got stuck in the middle and had to jump on a square I had already been on.

Tried a few more times and still can't get 63... are you sure it's possible?

wraizyr
03-28-2005, 1:43 PM
65 on a first try. Plenty of fun, good find.

iHawk
03-28-2005, 1:49 PM
I did it 72 the first time and let me try it again... Ok this time I got 68. Wow that's hard... yet somhow fun/cool. We should see if we can get 63. :D
Got 65.

hammocksleeper
03-28-2005, 2:06 PM
It's definitely possible to get 63. I didn't want to google the answer because I'm trying to figure it out on my own too, but a hint, if you think about it, to do 63 moves you knight has to finish one move away from where it started. And since the knight is starting in the corner, you know exactly which square it has to finish on, namely, whichever one he doesn't land on as his first move.

singo
03-28-2005, 2:16 PM
oooh, 67 first try.

must...try..more...

damn addictive games

Kabam
03-28-2005, 5:42 PM
82 >.< First try.

Ragnarox
03-28-2005, 6:16 PM
73 first try...I had to jump on like...eight squares I was already on >.<.

UnHoly-Assassin
03-28-2005, 9:40 PM
70 =(

mcflurry_1982
03-29-2005, 12:22 PM
67 on the first try. thanks to you hammock im addicted to this now

GrassDragon
03-29-2005, 3:29 PM
64 first try... I had to go on one square I had already been on. Must... try... again...

EDIT: argh, 64 again.

Black.Ice
03-29-2005, 3:42 PM
71, then 65. I can't get lower than 65.

GrassDragon
03-29-2005, 11:32 PM
I GOT 63!!1!one

Screenie in a sec.

EDIT:
http://sigs.kupatrix.com/knightproblemSOLVED.jpg
As you can see, I still have absolutely no skill with the pencil tool using a track pad.

futon
03-31-2005, 10:08 AM
i got 72. dang.

Ender
03-31-2005, 11:05 AM
82, because I forgot I left one at the top.

And I wasn't thinking, rofl.

AqoTrooper
03-31-2005, 11:43 AM
Ha! I got 69!

*oh oh* (jk)

Anyhow, got 64 on a second try... feh...