Behold! Chris Wasshuber’s Knight’s Tour: freely choose start & end squares! Amaze audiences with incredible logic, not just memory. Includes Bob Cassidy’s memorization-free idea! #KnightsTour #ChrisWasshuber (159 characters)
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Knight’s Tour: With Free Choice of Start and End by Chris Wasshuber
“I will sum up your Knight’s Tour routine as follows, IT IS BRILLIANT!” – David Burmeister
Discover the ultimate method for performing the Knight’s Tour, a classic chess puzzle that has fascinated minds for centuries. Developed in the late 1980s by Chris Wasshuber, this innovative technique allows a spectator to freely choose both the starting and ending squares of opposite colors (same color start and end is mathematically impossible).
Why This Method Stands Out
- Minimal Memorization: The method is designed to minimize the need for rote memorization, teaching you a system to derive a complete tour on the spot.
- Flexibility: You can find multiple different tours for a single pair of start and end points, making each performance unique.
- Blindfolded Performance: This is the only published method that allows you to perform the Knight’s Tour blindfolded, without any visual reference to the chessboard.
What You’ll Learn
While the method is not easy to learn, it is achievable for anyone of average intelligence. If you can memorize a stacked deck of cards, you can master this technique. Chris Wasshuber’s method transforms an ‘impossible’ feat into a manageable challenge, making it accessible to dedicated learners.
Bonus Feature
Bob Cassidy’s Contribution: A fantastic idea from Bob Cassidy eliminates all memorization, adding a classic twist to this already impressive method.
The Impact on Spectators
The Knight’s Tour creates a more sophisticated impression than a giant memory performance. While a good memory is impressive, it can sometimes be dismissed as a mere talent. The Knight’s Tour, however, conveys an incredible sense of logic and mathematical skill, leaving a lasting impression on your audience.
Chris Wasshuber has guarded this secret for two decades, and now it’s your turn to bring this joy and wonder to your performances.
“I will sum up your Knight’s Tour routine as follows, IT IS BRILLIANT!” – David Burmeister
In the late 1980s I developed a method for the Knight’s Tour which allows a spectator a truly free choice for the starting square and ending square of opposite color (same color start and end is mathematically impossible).
This manuscript describes in detail this method. The method attempts to minimize memorization and teaches you a system to derive a proper complete tour on the spot. The method is so flexible that you can find several different tours for one pair of start and end points. Of course, there is some memorization necessary. The method makes it straightforward and practical to derive a complete knight’s tour even under high-pressure situations.
It is also the only method published that truly allows you to perform this blindfolded without any sight of the chessboard.
It would be wrong to say this is an easy method to learn, but it is definitely achievable for anybody of average intelligence. If you can memorize a stacked deck of cards, you should be able to learn this method. My method takes an ‘impossible’ feat and brings it down to a manageable level of difficulty.
Bonus: Bob Cassidy contributed a fantastic idea that eliminates all memorization! A classic Cassidy idea.
My experience is that the effect on spectators is more sophisticated than the one of a giant memory performance. A giant memory is impressive but it is sometimes belittled as “well, he has a good memory”. This knight’s tour conveys more an effect of incredible logic or mathematical skill than simply a good memory.
I have guarded this secret for two decades. I hope it will bring as much joy to you as it has to me.
