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An 8x8 chessboard can be entirely covered by 32 dominoes of size 2x1. Suppose we cut off two opposite corners of chess (i.e. two white blocks or two black blocks). Prove that now it is impossible to cover the remaining chessboard with 31 dominoes.





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