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1 A Brief Introduction to the Mathematics of Chess Puzzles Puzzles on the chessboard have long been studied by mathematicians. Nat- urally, we do not restrict ourselves only to the standard 8 8 chessboard. Gen- eralizations are quickly made to the square board, the rectangular board, etc. We will concentrate on three types of problems. 2 The Knightís Tour The closed knightís tour of a chessboard is a classic problem in mathematics. Can the knight use legal moves to visit every square on the board and return to its starting pos