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What is the maximum number of colours that can be used to paint an 8×88 \times 8 chessboard so that every square is painted in a single colour, and is adjacent , horizontally, vertically but not diagonally, to at least two other squares of its own colour? (A Shapovalov)
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What is the maximum number of colours that can be used to paint an 8×8 chessboard so that every square is painted in a single colour, and is adjacent , horizontally, vertically but not diagonally, to at least two other squares of its own colour?

(A Shapovalov)
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What is the maximum number of colours that can be used to paint an $8 \times 8$ chessboard so that every square is painted in a single colour, and is adjacent , horizontally, vertically but not diagonally, to at least two other squares of its own colour?

(A Shapovalov)

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