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the greatest amount of rooks such that each beats an even number of others

Source: St. Petersburg MO 2000, 11th grade, P6

April 22, 2023
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Problem Statement

What is the greatest amount of rooks that can be placed on an n×nn\times n board, such that each rooks beats an even number of rooks? A rook is considered to beat another rook, if they lie on one vertical or one horizontal line and no rooks are between them.
[I]Proposed by D. Karpov