Can you pick the possible chessboard squares a Knight can occupy, moving from corner to opposite corner in 6 moves*? by needapausebutton

Can you pick the possible chessboard squares a Knight can occupy, moving from corner to opposite corner in 6 moves*?

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* INSTRUCTIONS: Your Knight is alone on the chessboard. It must move from Square 01 to Square 64 in EXACTLY 6 moves. You must select all of the squares the Knight can occupy -- during any path it takes -- to complete its journey (including the starting square 01).
Also, in case you were wondering: Due to a plethora of formatting and alphabetizing issues, the game could not be formatted using standard chess notations to label the squares (i.e. "a1" to "h8").
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Knight Crossing a Chessboard (minefield) Quiz

by needapausebutton

Created May 14, 2012 in Just For Fun
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	needapausebutton:	May 14th, 2012 at 23:52 GMT		4 points
	As mentioned in the game notes, in order to format an 8x8 square (hopefully), in a game which includes incorrect answers, it was not possible to use standard chessboard algebraic notation (i.e, label the squares a1 through h8). Also, special invisible characters had to be used in the labels, so please let me know if anyone's board does not appear as an 8x8. Thanks.

	ostroffj:	May 15th, 2012 at 02:32 GMT		4 points
	Love the idea, but darn: I'm seeing it as seven rows of nine squares, plus one. This is on a Macbook using both Safari and Chrome.

	needapausebutton:	May 15th, 2012 at 02:53 GMT		3 points
	@ostroffj: Sorry to hear that. I'll do further research into solving cross-platform formatting issues. While you are waiting to hear back from me, you can draw an 8x8 square and practice ;)

	chair:	May 15th, 2012 at 04:19 GMT		3 points
	Cool idea. Had the same formatting issue as ostroffj in Internet Explorer, but it worked fine in Chrome. (I'm using a PC).

	needapausebutton:	May 15th, 2012 at 05:11 GMT		2 points
	@chair: I just adjusted the spacing using a different invisible character a few minutes ago. Has the problem been resolved in I.E. now? Thanks

	prockstar83:	May 15th, 2012 at 07:36 GMT		8 points
	I got from 1 to 64 in the requisite 6 moves but the timer continued, and I was left clicking a bunch of squares until I hit a "mine". Am I doing something wrong here?

	ostroffj:	May 15th, 2012 at 13:10 GMT		2 points
	Works for me now!

	needapausebutton:	May 15th, 2012 at 17:03 GMT		5 points
	@prockstar83: Thanks for your question. To clarify, as per the game notes, the goal of the game is not merely "getting to" the opposite corner. The goal is to select all of the squares that the knight can possibly occupy -- or "land on" -- (including the starting square) taking ANY of the numerous possible routes available. I've added the word "possible" to the primary instruction now. Thanks for the feedback.

	chair:	May 16th, 2012 at 05:35 GMT		3 points
	Yep, worked fine in IE now.

	j1h15233:	May 16th, 2012 at 15:29 GMT		4 points
	In Chrome, on my PC, I'm seeing 10 rows of 6 and 1 row of 4. I got one path down by diagramming the board on a piece of paper but then I gave up.

	needapausebutton:	May 16th, 2012 at 16:58 GMT		2 points
	@j1h15233: Hey, I truly apologize for that. I've spent quite a bit of time using various formatting techniques, and using some willing "guinea pigs" to keep testing this. Wouldn't the world be a better place if there were just one universal browser? (Just kidding!). If anyone out there knows of a fool-proof way to resolve this, I'm all ears.

	MovieGuru:	May 16th, 2012 at 17:27 GMT		3 points
	Dang that was fun! Imagine my lack of surprise to see you were the creator, napb. 5 globes :)

	needapausebutton:	May 16th, 2012 at 17:47 GMT		3 points
	@MovieGuru: Thanks! I still owe you that $50 bucks, right?

	MovieGuru:	May 16th, 2012 at 18:01 GMT		3 points
	You would owe me that $50 bucks...but then you won the bet about how many plays that one quiz would get..so I think you earned it back ;]

	Rom:	May 17th, 2012 at 00:56 GMT		2 points
	Although it works for ostroffj now, I'm still seeing 9 rows of 7, +1... I've tried Mozilla Firefox and Pale Moon.

	needapausebutton:	May 17th, 2012 at 01:01 GMT		2 points
	@Rom: I designed this using Firefox 12.0 and just checked it and it appears as 8x8. I confess that I am not a computer genius, and I do not know what could be causing this on your computer. So very sorry. - napb

	vikZ:	May 17th, 2012 at 05:56 GMT		4 points
	There are a variety of factors that can affect how a quiz's formatting comes out. Mostly it's a combination of operating system and browser. I believe the width of your monitor is a factor too but I don't know for sure yet (it seems that quizzes judge width using a % value instead of by pixels but I'm not 100% on this). Basically formatting a quiz that will cater to everyone is quite difficult, if not impossible. With that, I enjoyed this quiz a lot napb! Brings me back to the days when I played Chess all the time.

	Golden:	May 17th, 2012 at 07:27 GMT		3 points
	I am amazed that (as of this comment) less than 50% have got number 64.

	Pogues:	May 17th, 2012 at 12:07 GMT		6 points
	The symmetry is beautiful, the game is challenging, and hitting mines is frustrating fun. Wonderful quiz.

	MacCivEngMgmt:	May 18th, 2012 at 02:12 GMT		7 points
	Beautiful quiz! I love the symmetry. There is as much pattern recognition as chess skill here. This is a great quiz!

	ChileNoseJam:	May 19th, 2012 at 16:23 GMT		4 points
	Excellent quiz napb - and even for a chess player and mathematician, fiendishly difficult.

	needapausebutton:	May 19th, 2012 at 18:56 GMT		3 points
	Thanks for the kind remarks!

	maddog22low:	May 25th, 2012 at 00:18 GMT		-4 points
	7 is okay to land on

	Headers2304:	Oct 28th, 2012 at 19:27 GMT		2 points
	Excellent quiz. Annoyingly difficult to master, but fun to keep trying, well done! :)

	neddam12:	Nov 17th, 2012 at 06:16 GMT		1 point
	@ostroffj: hit command + or command -

	OliveGreen:	Feb 7th, 2013 at 21:33 GMT		-1 points
	This is misleading. You said to click "all the squares the knight can occupy during ANY path it takes." Well, what about the path from 01 to 18 to 03 to 09? I click 09 and end the quiz. But it's a possible path. So I think you should rephrase the instructions to specifically forbid circuitous paths.

	needapausebutton:	Feb 8th, 2013 at 16:10 GMT		4 points
	@OliveGreen: Yes, but notice the capitalized portion of what follows: "On any path it takes"... IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE PATH IN 6 MOVES. If the knight proceeds from 01 to 18 to 03 to 09, how can it possibly make it to 64 in the remaining two moves?