1. Eight knights are randomly placed on a chessboard (not necessarily on distinct squares). A knight on a given square attacks all the squares that can be reached by moving either (1) two squares up or down followed by one squares left or right, or (2) two squares left or right followed by one square up or down. Find the probability that every square, occupied or not, is attacked by some knight.
Solution: 0 . Since every knight attacks at most eight squares, the event can only occur if every knight attacks exactly eight squares. However, each corner square must be attacked, and some experimentation readily finds that it is impossible to place a knight so as to attack a corner and seven other squares as well.