
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 game board is shaped like a rhombus with an angle of $60^{\circ}$. Each side of the rhombus is divided into nine parts. Lines are drawn through the division points, parallel to the sides and the shorter diagonal of the rhombus, breaking the board into triangular cells. If a chip is placed on a cell, three lines are drawn through this cell parallel to the sides and the shorter diagonal of the rhombus. The cells these lines intersect are considered to be captured by the chip. What is the minimum number of chips required to capture all the cells on the board?

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