Problem

Source: 43rd International Tournament of Towns, Senior A-Level P7, Fall 2021

Tags: combinatorics, combinatorial geometry, Tournament of Towns



A checkered square of size $2\times2$ is covered by two triangles. Is it necessarily true that: at least one of its four cells is fully covered by one of the triangles; some square of size $1\times1$ can be placed into one of these triangles? Alexandr Shapovalov