
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 by 8 board, chips are placed in such a way that for each chip, the row or column it is in contains no more than three chips. What is the maximum possible number of chips on the board?

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