Game on the board
Source: Serbian JBMO TST 2018, problem 4
May 21, 2018
combinatoricscombinatorics proposedJBMO TST
Problem Statement
Two players are playing the following game.
They are alternatively putting blue and red coins on the board by . If first player creates blue coins in a row or column, he wins. Second player wins if he can prevent it. Who will win if:
;
?
Note: first player puts only blue coins, and second only red.