« SUKEIMA®», is a combination of "Sū" (数) number and "keima" (ケイマ)  of the "GO" game or "SHOGI", better known as the knight's tour in chess.

 

This new version of the number based knight tour game is Mr. Philippe Funk´s invention. The basic concept has been invented in Asia 1100 years ago, the first solutions have been invented by the Turks in the 9th century. The first modern mathematical applied approach is from the 18th century, and the first major software program has been published in 1992, for Windows 3.1.

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As reference to the word « shōgi », in Japanese chess is a worldwide new number placement puzzle game. It’s the oldest abstract combinatory strategy game known. Even though it’s ancient character, the game is still a very beloved game in China, Korea and Japan. The game “GO” was invented more than thousand years ago in China, and is played in Japan since 1100 years. Since only a few time, the game is known in the western part of the world.

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From there on, I developed an algorithm based tour solver for virtual and paper based games.

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Philippe FUNK

 

 

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