5 progressively improving solutions to the Knight Covering Problem on the 50x50 chessboard

KNIGHT COVERS FOR THE 50x50 CHESSBOARD

A 360-knight cover of a 50x50 chessboard using tetrads
Found March 2, 2004 by Frank Rubin


A 356-knight new pattern cover of a 50x50 chessboard
Found March 9, 2004 by Frank Rubin


A 355-knight Monier pattern cover of a 50x50 chessboard
Found September 22, 2004 by Frank Rubin


A 354-knight cover of a 50x50 chessboard using two opposing sections of Monier's pattern
Found September 22, 2004 by Frank Rubin


A 350-knight cover of a 50x50 chessboard using the new cup pattern in several different orientations
Found December 9, 2004 by Frank Rubin
Special thanks to Tom Sirgedas for finding and correcting an error in the original diagram.



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