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Revision as of 19:23, 21 November 2023

Problem

On an infinite chessboard, a game is played as follows. At the start, $n^2$ pieces are arranged on the chessboard in an $n$ by $n$ block of adjoining squares, one piece in each square. A move in the game is a jump in a horizontal or vertical direction over an adjacent occupied square to an unoccupied square immediately beyond. The piece which has been jumped over is removed. Find those values of $n$ for which the game can end with only one piece remaining on the board.

Video Solution

This is a very beautifully done video solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAROaUpkgRo Even though he made a mistake when reducing the 5x5 to a 2x2 as someone pointed out in the comments.

Solution

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See Also

1993 IMO (Problems) • Resources
Preceded by
Problem 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 Followed by
Problem 4
All IMO Problems and Solutions