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The Mutilated Chessboard
can dominoes cover it?
A chessboard has 64 squares. Cut off 2 opposite corners, leaving 62 squares. Each domino covers exactly 2 neighboring squares. Can 31 dominoes cover the whole board?
Source: A classic puzzle, retold by INFINITE SUM and fact-checked against our curated notes
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