Problem

Source: Cono Sur 1993-problem 4

Tags: combinatorics unsolved, combinatorics



On a chess board ($8*8$) there are written the numbers $1$ to $64$: on the first line, from left to right, there are the numbers $1, 2, 3, ... , 8$; on the second line, from left to right, there are the numbers $9, 10, 11, ... , 16$;etc. The $\"+\"$ and $\"-\"$ signs are put to each number such that, in each line and in each column, there are $4$ $\"+\"$ signs and $4$ $\"-\"$ signs. Then, the $64$ numbers are added. Find all the possible values of this sum.