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Rook with limited movement
Source: Kvant Magazine No. 9 2022 M2715
3/8/2023
A lame rook lies on a
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chessboard. It can move one cell horizontally or vertically. The rook made
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moves, visited each cell at most once, and did not make two moves consecutively in the same direction. What is the largest possible value of
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