The Roving Wazir

A wazir is a fanciful chess piece that can move one square horizontally or vertically, but not diagonally. This one finds itself in the upper left corner of the board. Can it make its way to the lower right while visiting each square exactly once?

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No. The nature of the wazir’s move means that it visits light and dark squares alternately. The board has 64 squares, and the piece begins on a light square, so a successful journey would end on a dark one. The target square is light, so the task is impossible. Simple enough!

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