help

[fleet mural]

can someone explain the meaning of draught ? i dont really get it

[abstract ferry]

I think it’s a piece

or just a general object

yea it s like a chess piece

[fleet mural]

ohh ayt

is this question dumb ?

like wont it be c3?

like cuz

the question says that they cant jump over each other so wont the answer be c3 ? cuz no matter which path a1 takes c3 can jjust always block a1's path to h8?

[abstract ferry]

any player can choose any piece

[fossil dock]

the things from checkers (AKA draughts)

[hard scarab]

The issue is that because:

1. Any player can move any draught

2. Any player who gets a draught to h8 wins

If you go to c8 I can then move that piece on c8 to h8 and win the game.

Also using a rook to represent this is a bit misleading as you can only move horizontally to the right or up. Meaning you can't move it down or to the left

[fleet mural]

means

the players are nit assigned a particular square (a1 aor c3)

as their starting positions ?

[fleet mural]

mm ye i got that but its the closest piece i could think of to the problem

[hard scarab]

There isn't any assigning. Both players can move either piece and if they get either piece to h8 they win.

So because petya moves first they can choose to move whatever piece they want

[rustic moth]

the closest winning state is if one piece in g7 and one in g6/f7 i believe

[fleet mural]

thats weird

[fleet mural]

okay can someone help me solve it

i think it's beyond me

[abstract ferry]

it’s a day x question lol

[hard scarab]

What's a day x question?

[abstract ferry]

these are like

idk

they’re all hard

[fossil dock]

the mathematical olympiads discord server has daily questions (and this is one of them)

[hard scarab]

I see. Thanks

[winter sorrel]

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[fleet mural]

could u give the link to that server?

[fossil dock]

https://discord.gg/mods