
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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There are  $100$  white points on a circle. Asya and Borya play the following game: they alternate, starting with Asya, coloring a white point in green or blue. Asya wants to obtain as much as possible pairs of adjacent points of distinct colors, while Borya wants these pairs to be as less as possible. What is the maximal number of such pairs Asya can guarantee to obtain, no matter how Borya plays.

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