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who will win if N=2?

Posted by Bill 12 Aug 2006 14:59

Re: who will win if N=2?

Posted by ONU 12 Aug 2006 15:00

Black

Re: who will win if N=2?

Posted by Alexey 12 Aug 2006 17:36

Why "black"?
1. white moves a pawn black beats
2. white beats black has no move

Re: who will win if N=2?

Posted by Igor E. Tuphanov 12 Aug 2006 17:43

Yes, it seems to me, that white.
If so, then only n = 4 is blackwinners

Re: who will win if N=2?

Posted by VALERO 12 Aug 2006 20:53

for N=8,9 the answer is black, isn't it?

Re: who will win if N=2?

Posted by Todor Tsonkov 13 Aug 2006 11:59

I think if N==9 the answer is white, even I think we can easily see this holds for all odd N

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