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Cutting the chessboard

Source: 2014 Czech & Slovak Mathematical Olympiad, Rnd. III, Cat. A

May 20, 2014
combinatorics unsolvedcombinatorics

Problem Statement

Suppose we have a 8×88\times8 chessboard. Each edge have a number, corresponding to number of possibilities of dividing this chessboard into 1×21\times2 domino pieces, such that this edge is part of this division. Find out the last digit of the sum of all these numbers.
(Day 1, 3rd problem author: Michal Rolínek)