MHB How Can You Tile an $8 \times 8$ Chessboard with L-Shaped Pieces?

[Ackbach]

Here is this week's POTW:

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Tile an $8 \times 8$ chessboard, with one square missing, with L-shaped pieces that cover three squares each. The missing square is arbitrary.

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[Ackbach]

No one solved this week's POTW. Here is my solution below:

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You sort of recursively move outward from the missing square, as shown:

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Note I haven't completely covered the $8\times 8$ square, but you should be able to see the pattern, and how you could complete it.