Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Featuring Neil Sloane, founder of the OEIS... See the extra patterns and variations (including three knights) at youtu.be/VgmDuBCayPw
More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓

With thanks also to Jonas Karlsson - jonka364.github.io

Neil Sloane is the founder of the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences - oeis.org

More videos with Neil Sloane: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJXQqPe_llzWmTHMPb9QvV2

See our Trapped Knight video - youtu.be/RGQe8waGJ4w

More chess-related videos - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKX9OPJqBQTdIOAKthKzQ9m

OEIS sequences related to this video:
oeis.org/A308885 (only black knights)
oeis.org/A392177 & oeis.org/A392178 (red & black knights)
oeis.org/A395357 (the final spiral)

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