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I'm probably twisting the rules a bit, but here goes. "The grid can be any shape". Well, my grid is a torus! (And it kinda looks like a swastika, but let's ignore that.)

C+A D
  1 +
D1+1B
+ 1
B C+A

The labels are shown twice to indicate where the grid "wraps around". The grid itself uses 11 squares.

I realize that this probably isn't what is intended, but I thought of this and decided to post it while working on a "real" answer.


Pre-edit answer:
How about this:

1A1 !D B !1C1

The space in the middle is a "hole". If A has a mine, then B and D do not, which means that C does. Similarly, if A does not have a mine, then B and D do, so C does not. Thus, this satisfies all three conditions.

It uses a 3x3 grid, with a total of 8 squares.

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