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Can you remove eight sticks from this figure so that the remaining sticks compose two squares that do not touch each other?

You can remove a stick by simply clicking on it.
You can restore the stick by clicking on the shaded area indicating the space where it used to reside.

 

 

The idea of this puzzle is from the book '1000 Play Thinks' by Ivan Moscovich. Workman Publishing, New York.

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