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The best square to start a Knight's Tour on each board size
27 Aug 2026
Knowing a tour exists from a square does not mean it is easy to find. We measured every legal opening on all six boards, and the gap between the best and the worst is wider than it looks.
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Why some squares can never start a Knight's Tour
15 Aug 2026
On the 5x5 board twelve of the twenty-five squares cannot begin a tour at all. The reason is a counting argument about square colour, and it says exactly which squares are safe.
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What the Knight's Tour teaches you about real chess
11 Aug 2026
The Knight's Tour trains the one piece most beginners misjudge. What it teaches, what it does not, and where to practise the rest.
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