#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int onbit(int x, int pos) {
  x |= (1 << pos);
  return x;
}
int offbit(int x, int pos) {
  x &= ~(1 << pos);
  return x;
}
int test(int x, int pos) { return x & (1 << pos); }
int flip(int x, int pos) {
  x ^= (1 << pos);
  return x;
}
int lsb(int x) { return x & (-x); }
int onbitall(int x, int pos) {
  x = (1 << pos) - 1;
  return x;
}
const double EPS = 1e-9;
const double PI = 2 * acos(0.0);
const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;
const int MOD = 1e9 + 7;
const int dx1[] = {0, 1, 0, -1};
const int dy1[] = {1, 0, -1, 0};
const int dx2[] = {-1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1};
const int dy2[] = {-1, 0, 1, -1, 1, -1, 0, 1};
int main() {
  int n, m;
  scanf("%d %d", &n, &m);
  bool swapped = false;
  if (n > m) {
    swap(n, m);
    swapped = true;
  }
  int cnt = 0;
  bool done_boy[1234], done_girl[1234];
  memset(done_boy, 0, sizeof(done_boy));
  memset(done_girl, 0, sizeof(done_girl));
  for (int i = 1; i < n + 1; i++) {
    for (int j = i; j < m + 1; j++) {
      if (!done_boy[i] || !done_girl[j]) cnt++;
      done_boy[i] = done_girl[j] = true;
    }
  }
  printf("%d\n", cnt);
  memset(done_boy, 0, sizeof(done_boy));
  memset(done_girl, 0, sizeof(done_girl));
  for (int i = 1; i < n + 1; i++) {
    for (int j = i; j < m + 1; j++) {
      if (!done_boy[i] || !done_girl[j])
        printf("%d %d\n", swapped ? j : i, swapped ? i : j);
      done_boy[i] = done_girl[j] = true;
    }
  }
  return 0;
}
