Kolya and Dima play a game on an $8\times 8$ board, making moves in turn. During his turn, Kolya must put one cross in any empty cell (i.e., in a cell in which a cross has not yet been drawn and which has not yet been covered with a domino). Dima must cover two adjacent cells with a domino (which are not yet covered with other dominoes), in which there are an even number of crosses in total (0 or 2). The one who can't make a move loses. Which of does the player have a winning strategy, if [list=a] [*]Dima makes the first move? [*]Kolya makes the first move? [/list] [i]Proposed by M. Didin[/i]

The players Alfred and Bertrand put together a polynomial $x^n + a_{n-1}x^{n- 1} +... + a_0$ with the given degree $n \ge 2$. To do this, they alternately choose the value in $n$ moves one coefficient each, whereby all coefficients must be integers and $a_0 \ne 0$ must apply. Alfred's starts first . Alfred wins if the polynomial has an integer zero at the end. (a) For which $n$ can Alfred force victory if the coefficients $a_j$ are from the right to the left, i.e. for $j = 0, 1,. . . , n - 1$, be determined? (b) For which $n$ can Alfred force victory if the coefficients $a_j$ are from the left to the right, i.e. for $j = n -1, n - 2,. . . , 0$, be determined? (Theresia Eisenkölbl, Clemens Heuberger)

Fix an integer $k>2$. Two players, called Ana and Banana, play the following game of numbers. Initially, some integer $n \ge k$ gets written on the blackboard. Then they take moves in turn, with Ana beginning. A player making a move erases the number $m$ just written on the blackboard and replaces it by some number $m'$ with $k \le m' < m$ that is coprime to $m$. The first player who cannot move anymore loses. An integer $n \ge k $ is called good if Banana has a winning strategy when the initial number is $n$, and bad otherwise. Consider two integers $n,n' \ge k$ with the property that each prime number $p \le k$ divides $n$ if and only if it divides $n'$. Prove that either both $n$ and $n'$ are good or both are bad.

Player $A$ and player $B$ play the next game on an $8$ by $8$ square chessboard. They in turn color a field that is not yet colored. One player uses red and the other blue. Player $A$ starts. The winner is the first person to color the four squares of a square of $2$ by $2$ squares with his color somewhere on the board. Prove that player $B$ can always prevent player $A$ from winning.

A game is played on a $n \times n$ chessboard. In the beginning Bars the cat occupies any cell according to his choice. The $d$ sparrows land on certain cells according to their choice (several sparrows may land in the same cell). Bars and the sparrows play in turns. In each turn of Bars, he moves to a cell adjacent by a side or a vertex (like a king in chess). In each turn of the sparrows, precisely one of the sparrows flies from its current cell to any other cell of his choice. The goal of Bars is to get to a cell containing a sparrow. Can Bars achieve his goal a) if $d=\lfloor \frac{3\cdot n^2}{25}\rfloor$, assuming $n$ is large enough? b) if $d=\lfloor \frac{3\cdot n^2}{19}\rfloor$, assuming $n$ is large enough? c) if $d=\lfloor \frac{3\cdot n^2}{14}\rfloor$, assuming $n$ is large enough?

Shakur and Tiham are playing a game. Initially, Shakur picks a positive integer not greater than $1000$. Then Tiham picks a positive integer strictly smaller than that.Then they keep on doing this taking turns to pick progressively smaller and smaller positive integers until some one picks $1$. After that, all the numbers that have been picked so far are added up. The person picking the number $1$ wins if and only if this sum is a perfect square. Otherwise, the other player wins. What is the sum of all possible values of $n$ such that if Shakur starts with the number $n$, he has a winning strategy?

The natural numbers $1$ through $2003$ are arranged in a sequence. We repeatedly perform the following operation: If the first number in the sequence is $k$, the order of the first $k$ terms is reversed. Prove that after several operations number $1$ will occur on the first place.

Raashan, Sylvia, and Ted play the following game. Each starts with $\$1$. A bell rings every $15$ seconds, at which time each of the players who currently have money simultaneously chooses one of the other two players independently and at random and gives $\$1$ to that player. What is the probability that after the bell has rung $2019$ times, each player will have $\$1$? (For example, Raashan and Ted may each decide to give $\$1$ to Sylvia, and Sylvia may decide to give her dollar to Ted, at which point Raashan will have $\$0$, Sylvia would have $\$2$, and Ted would have $\$1$, and and that is the end of the first round of play. In the second round Raashan has no money to give, but Sylvia and Ted might choose each other to give their $\$1$ to, and and the holdings will be the same as the end of the second [sic] round. $\textbf{(A) } \frac{1}{7} \qquad\textbf{(B) } \frac{1}{4} \qquad\textbf{(C) } \frac{1}{3} \qquad\textbf{(D) } \frac{1}{2} \qquad\textbf{(E) } \frac{2}{3}$

Let $ n,k$ be given positive integers satisfying $ k\le 2n \minus{} 1$. On a table tennis tournament $ 2n$ players take part, they play a total of $ k$ rounds match, each round is divided into $ n$ groups, each group two players match. The two players in different rounds can match on many occasions. Find the greatest positive integer $ m \equal{} f(n,k)$ such that no matter how the tournament processes, we always find $ m$ players each of pair of which didn't match each other.

Five equally skilled tennis players named Allen, Bob, Catheryn, David, and Evan play in a round robin tournament, such that each pair of people play exactly once, and there are no ties. In each of the ten games, the two players both have a 50% chance of winning, and the results of the games are independent. Compute the probability that there exist four distinct players $P_1$, $P_2$, $P_3$, $P_4$ such that $P_i$ beats $P_{i+1}$ for $i=1, 2, 3, 4$. (We denote $P_5=P_1$).

The King gives the following task to his two wizards. The First Wizard should choose $7$ distinct positive integers with total sum $100$ and secretly submit them to the King. To the Second Wizard he should tell only the fourth largest number. The Second Wizard must figure out all the chosen numbers. Can the wizards succeed for sure? The wizards cannot discuss their strategy beforehand. (Mikhail Evdokimov)

Let $n$ be a given positive integer. Sisyphus performs a sequence of turns on a board consisting of $n + 1$ squares in a row, numbered $0$ to $n$ from left to right. Initially, $n$ stones are put into square $0$, and the other squares are empty. At every turn, Sisyphus chooses any nonempty square, say with $k$ stones, takes one of these stones and moves it to the right by at most $k$ squares (the stone should say within the board). Sisyphus' aim is to move all $n$ stones to square $n$. Prove that Sisyphus cannot reach the aim in less than \[ \left \lceil \frac{n}{1} \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac{n}{2} \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac{n}{3} \right \rceil + \dots + \left \lceil \frac{n}{n} \right \rceil \] turns. (As usual, $\lceil x \rceil$ stands for the least integer not smaller than $x$. )

Alice and Bob play a game in which they take turns choosing integers from 1 to $n$. Before any integers are chosen, Bob selects a goal of "odd" or "even". On the first turn, Alice chooses one of the $n$ integers. On the second turn, Bob chooses one of the remaining integers. They continue alternately choosing one of the integers that has not yet been chosen, until the $n$th turn, which is forced and ends the game. Bob wins if the parity of $\{k$ : the number $k$ was chosen on the $k$th turn $\}$ matches his goal. For which values of $n$ does Bob have a winning strategy?

Consider a polyhedron with at least five faces such that exactly three edges emerge from each of its vertices. Two players play the following game: Each, in turn, signs his or her name on a previously unsigned face. The winner is the player who first succeeds in signing three faces that share a common vertex. Show that the player who signs first will always win by playing as well as possible.

Antonio and Bernardo play the following game. They are given two piles of chips, one with $m$ and the other with $n$ chips. Antonio starts, and thereafter they make in turn one of the following moves: (i) take a chip from one pile; (ii) take a chip from each of the piles; (ii) remove a chip from one of the piles and put it onto the other. Who cannot make any more moves, loses. Decide, as a function of $m$ and $n$ if one of the players has a winning strategy, and in the case of the affirmative answer describe that strategy.