Knight Trivia

How many non-attacking knights can be placed on a chessboard?

16? 4 in each corner of the board.

LearnChess, incorrect, it takes more knights.

32. A knight always changes square color when moving. A knight on each dark square. Each knight can only move to a light square. (or vice versa)

In the diagram white is in octuple check. That's gotta hurt.

oinquarki

Very nice post :)

 Thank you.

I thought of another puzzle: In the position I posted earlier, how many knights could the white king take before being checkmated? I don't know the answer.

Oinquarki, thanks for the detailed answer.

31 if you remove 1 to put the king there, so the king is not in check

True, but your ignoring the kings, just using knights it's 32!

interesting

Anyone figured out my puzzle yet?

Or are you still thinking...

 I thought awhile about your question and don't know the answer. Anyone else out there tried this question that was submitted by oinquarki, please send a reply.

my guess is 3 :)

Thanks for the quick reply; I hope oinquarki is tracking this forum topic and is able to respond back to you about this question she had submitted.

i have to admit thats its more of an educated guess then a truth, so if anyone has any other guesses please share :)

I agree, please share your thoughts.

styxtwo is probably right. I wanted to put the position into Chessmaster, but it wouldn't let me set up an illegal position.

I had the same problem with Fritz.

Stupid chess programs, not bending to our every whim, *grumble grumble*.

In the meantime, styxtwo, I think you're actually better off capturing knights TOWARDS the centre...

A problem with his solution is that he took into account the black king. Allow me to post a new puzzle in which the black king has not effect. This way the king will be able to capture towards the center.

 I tried your puzzle but unable to see the sequence of moves, how many moves were you able to finish your own puzzle.