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Part of 2012 Chile National Olympiad

Problems(1)

min no of movements in chess for horse

Source: Chile Finals 2012 L2 p1

What is the minimum number of movements that a horse must carry out on chess, on an

8\times 8

board, to reach the upper right square starting at the lower left? Remember that the horse moves in the usual

L

-shaped manner.

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