Queen's Tour/Examples/8 x 8

Example of Queen's Tour

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Here are three examples of a re-entrant queen's tour on a $8 \times 8$ chessboard, achieved in $2 \times 8 - 2 = 14$ moves.

Historical Note

The $14$-move re-entrant queen's tour on the $8 \times 8$ chessboard was first achieved by Sam Loyd.

He considered it one of his best puzzles.

Sources

• 1913: Alain C. White: Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems: The Trick Donkeys
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Answers: $416$. Sinking the Fishing-Boats