nxn chessboard with 99 stones on each square
Source: Nordic Mathematical Contest 2014 #4
September 23, 2017
winning positionsChessboardcombinatorics
Problem Statement
A game is played on an chessboard. At the beginning there are stones on each square. Two players and take turns, where in each turn the player chooses either a row or a column and removes one stone from each square in the chosen row or column. They are only allowed to choose a row or a column, if it has least one stone on each square. The first player who cannot move, looses the game. Player takes the first turn. Determine all n for which player has a winning strategy.