Ways to cross out $n^2/2$ squares on a $n\times n$ chessboard

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How many patterns $P_n$ are there to cross out $n^2/2$ squares on a $n\times n$ chessboard, so that the number of crossed out squares in each row and each column are all even?

Is there a way to get a general formula for $P_n$? Or, at least, a formula when $n$ is big?

For example, if $n = 4$, the answer could be found as $ P_4 = 246$ by listing all probabilities

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