
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 square board $8 \times 8$ is painted in two colors in a checkerboard pattern. A piece moves on the black squares, where in one move it can go to any of the adjacent diagonal squares. What is the minimum number of moves required to visit all the black squares?

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