OFM 2021 S2
- Senior
Albert and Beatrice play a game. stones lie on a table. Starting with Albert, they alternatively remove stones from the table, while obeying the following rule. At the -th turn, the active player (Albert if is odd, Beatrice if is even) can remove from to stones. Thus, Albert first removes stone; then, Beatrice can remove or stones, as she wishes; then, Albert can remove from to stones, and so on. The player who removes the last stone on the table loses, and the other one wins. Which player has a strategy to win regardless of the other player's moves?
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