Classic (mutilated chessboard) · Combinatorics
Mutilated chessboard
Two opposite corners are removed from an chessboard. Prove that the remaining 62 squares cannot be tiled by 31 dominoes.
This is a proof problem — the answer is an argument, not a number. The solution is deliberately not posted here: reading a solution you didn't fight for teaches almost nothing. On Lemma you attempt it cold, take one of the 3 progressive hints only when genuinely stuck, then compare your proof against a full walkthrough and mark yourself with the same rubric a competition coordinator would use.
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