Colourful Queens
Source: 2020 RMM Shortlist C3
October 8, 2022
combinatoricsChessboardRMMRMM 2020RMM Shortlist
Problem Statement
Determine the smallest positive integer satisfying the following condition: For any configuration of chess queens on a chequered board, the queens can be coloured one of colours so that no two queens of the same colour attack each other.Russia, Sergei Avgustinovich and Dmitry Khramtsov