
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 $8 \times 8$ chessboard, there are 16 rooks, each placed in a different square. What is the minimum number of pairs of rooks that can attack each other (a pair of rooks can attack each other if they are in the same row or column and there are no other rooks between them)?

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