1999 USAMO Problems/Problem 1
Problem
Some checkers placed on an 
checkerboard satisfy the following conditions:
(a) every square that does not contain a checker shares a side with one that does;
(b) given any pair of squares that contain checkers, there is a sequence of squares containing checkers, starting and ending with the given squares, such that every two consecutive squares of the sequence share a side.
Prove that at least 
checkers have been placed on the board.
Solution
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See Also
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