Is Chess Something We Can Solve?

Let's start with a random number 8

First player subtracts 8 and wins.

You seem to have gone wrong somewhere.

I followed the rules as given.

Optimissed why arent you starting with 240.

OK so you were first player. 240-8=232.

I'll choose 212.

232-212=20. Your go.

This is your problem. Evidently you cannot read. It's led to a lot of silly answers from you over the years, RAT.

I chose 8. It's a random number. If it fails then you gave the puzzle wrongly.

That's not actually a palindrome @Optimissed. You have to choose a palindrome.

the number was already chosen to be 240. the sentence "given n" means that your solution must interpret all n, including 240. MAR, you should probably wait before going because opti has failed in basic english.

nowhere does it say that the number is chosen by the first player. in the case of 8 the first player wins but the first player would not necessarily win if a different number was chosen.

You don't seem to be able to do logic. All I had to do was follow the rules as given and choose a trivial example. It showed a trivial win for the first player.

"All I had to do was follow the rules as given and choose a trivial example."

where was that in the problem? where did I say that you got to choose the example?

Pretty sure I worked it out. Following this topic now so I'll see when the answer is posted.

It means that all n includes 8 so I chose 8.

Both of you seem rather slow witted.

MAR's got it too, unfortunately OPTI is literally too stupid to understand basic english

why do you get to choose 8 every time? you never explain that.

It's the first time I heard of a random number which has to be 240.

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Except that wasn't the question. Just like you've been answering anything but the questions in the threads you've been posting in.

it was never claimed to always be 240. 240 was just given as an example. the problem you are to solve is to determine the answer for ANY n given, as denoted by basic grammar.

If your idea fails for 8 then it fails if there are numbers that provide a strategy for the second player. Neither of you sound very intelligent.

So I chose 8. You seem not to like 8 very much. The firstplayer wins. Perhaps you gave the puzzle wrongly. Rattigan isn't very intelligent. It's a known thing.

bro actually has below elementary school reading comprehension lmfao.

the solution works for 8 and any other number.

I borrowed this problem almost to the letter from a coding competition someone shared with me. your answer would fail spectacularly in said competition