Consider a chessboard with a single Rook. A Rook can move
any number of square sideways/forward, but not diagonally.

What is the minimum number of moves the Rook needs to make,
in order to pass over all the squares on the chessboard and
return to the original position?

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Consider a chessboard with a single Rook. A Rook can move any number of square sideways/forward, bu..

Answer / tejas

Consider a chessboard with a single Rook. A Rook can move
any number of square sideways/forward, but not diagonally.

What is the minimum number of moves the Rook needs to make,
in order to pass over all the squares on the chessboard and
return to the original position?
if we start from one side of the board 16 moves are
required to cover all squares and reach the original pos

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Consider a chessboard with a single Rook. A Rook can move any number of square sideways/forward, bu..

Answer / guest

16 moves

As a Rook can move any number of square sideways/forward,
but not diagonally and there are 8 rows and 8 columns on the
chessboard; the Rook needs minimum 16 moves to pass over all
the squares and return to the original position.

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Consider a chessboard with a single Rook. A Rook can move any number of square sideways/forward, bu..

Answer / rashmi

15 moves. If you start from corner.

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Consider a chessboard with a single Rook. A Rook can move any number of square sideways/forward, bu..

Answer / rashmi

Sorry. You are right guest.

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Consider a chessboard with a single Rook. A Rook can move any number of square sideways/forward, bu..

Answer / vicky

i think,its 64 moves.
because,in 63 moves,it can cover all the points.in order to
get back to the starting point,one more move is required....

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