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IR-MO 2021

Iran Mathematical Olympiad 2021.

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Problem 4

Arash and Babak play the following game, taking turns alternatively, on a 1400×14011400\times 1401 table. Arash starts and in his turns he colors kk , LL -corners (any three cell of a square). Babak in his turn colors one 2×22\times 2 square. Neither player is allowed to recolor any cell. Find all positive integers kk for which Arash has a winning strategy.