Article 54M7V Did you solve it? Domino dancing

Did you solve it? Domino dancing

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Alex Bellos
from Science | The Guardian on (#54M7V)

The solution to today's puzzle

Earlier today, I set this puzzle:

Is it possible to cover an 8x8 chessboard with 32 dominos (which are each a 1x2 block) in such a way that any line parallel to a side of the chessboard always passes through the interior of at least one of the dominoes?

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