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Hi all,
8x8 cheesboard how many different ways can you select a block of five neighbour squares?
Two squares are neighbours if they have a common side.
(for 3x3 board  = 49 ways)

i found thats answer in mathisfun from, but it is really long way, but my boss said me that it can be calculated to easily with a little code ( written  by C,C++,C#...). So Does anybody have an idea ? (formulas, algorithm exc...)