
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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On an $8 \times 8$ international chessboard, 16 squares each contain a rook. What is the minimum number of "pairs" of rooks that can attack each other (a pair of rooks that can attack each other are those that are in the same row or column with no other rooks between them)?

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