
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 each square of an  $n\times n$ -chessboard, there are two bugs. In a move, each bug moves to a (vertically of horizontally) adjacent square. Bugs from the same square always move to different squares. Determine the maximal number of free squares that can occur after one move.

*(Swiss Mathematical Olympiad 2011, Final round, problem 10)*

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