Consider a

checkerboard with

How many possibilities are there to put

identical pebbles on the checkerboard (each on a different field/place) such that no two pebbles are on the same checkerboard diagonal. Two pebbles are on the same checkerboard diagonal if the connection segment of the midpoints of the respective fields are parallel to one of the diagonals of the

square.
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Consider a $n \times n$ checkerboard with $n > 1, n \in \mathbb{N}.$ How many possibilities are there to put $2n - 2$ identical pebbles on the checkerboard (each on a different field/place) such that no two pebbles are on the same checkerboard diagonal. Two pebbles are on the same checkerboard diagonal if the connection segment of the midpoints of the respective fields are parallel to one of the diagonals of the $n \times n$ square.