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US-TST 2019 Problem 5

    Let nn be a positive integer. Tasty and Stacy are given a circular necklace with 3n3 n sapphire beads and 3n3 n turquoise beads, such that no three consecutive beads have the same color. They play a cooperative game where they alternate turns removing three consecutive beads, subject to the following conditions: - Tasty must remove three consecutive beads which are turquoise, sapphire, and turquoise, in that order, on each of his turns. - Stacy must remove three consecutive beads which are sapphire, turquoise, and sapphire, in that order, on each of her turns. They win if all the beads are removed in 2n2 n turns. Prove that if they can win with Tasty going first, they can also win with Stacy going first.

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