Solution

(related to Problem: An Episcopal Visitation)

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In the diagram, I show how the bishop may be made to visit every one of his white parishes in seventeen moves. It is obvious that we must start from one corner square and end at the one that is diagonally opposite to it. The puzzle cannot be solved in fewer than seventeen moves.


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  1. Dudeney, H. E.: "Amusements in Mathematics", The Authors' Club, 1917

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