
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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A chessboard consists of $64$ squares, each alternating between black and white. A knight placed at the bottom-left corner of the chessboard can move to any adjacent white square in the row immediately above without repeating any row during the journey. Calculate the number of $7$-step paths from the bottom-left to the top-right corner of the chessboard.

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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