
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]

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# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

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Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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In the diagram, there is a chess piece at point \( A \). To move the chess piece from point \( A \) to point \( B \) along the segments using the shortest path, moving one or two steps at a time, how many different ways are there to do this? (Note: (1) Moving along the side of a small square counts as one step. (2) Paths with the same steps in different orders are considered different paths.)

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