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[16.4] Divide an 8×88 \times 8 chessboard with alternating black and white squares into KK rectangles, keeping the squares intact, and satisfying the following conditions:
(i) Each rectangle contains an equal number of white and black squares;
(ii) Let aia_{i} be the number of white squares in the ii-th rectangle, then a1<a2<<aKa_{1}<a_{2}<\cdots<a_{K}. Determine the maximum value of KK that satisfies these conditions, and for this maximum value of KK, find all possible values of a1,a2,,aKa_{1}, a_{2}, \cdots, a_{K}.

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