A chessboard is formed from an 8 × 8 grid of alternating black and white squares, as shown. The side of each small square is 1 cm.
What is the largest possible radius of a circle that can be drawn on the board in such a way that the circumference is entirely on white squares or corners?
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Cayley Mathematical Olympiad 2019 (2019)
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