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A chessboard has two opposite corners removed. Can the remaining squares be tiled by dominoes?
- AYes, and there are many such tilings
- BNo – the two colours are left unbalanced
- CYes, but only if the removed corners are adjacent ones
- DIt depends on the order in which the dominoes are placed
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