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In a certain country there are two tennis clubs consisting of

1000

and

1001

members respectively. All the members have different playing strength, and the descending order of palying strengths in each club is known. Find a procedure which determines, within

11

games, who is in the

1001

st place among the

2001

players in these clubs. It is assumed that a stronger player always beats a weaker one.

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