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MathNet 1998 — Part 01 Question 14

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 1998 — Part 01

Question 14

Is it possible to cover a $13 \times 13$ chessboard with forty-two tiles of size $4 \times 1$ so that only the central square of the chessboard remains uncovered? (It is assumed that each tile covers exactly four squares of the chessboard, and the tiles do not overlap.)