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 +<box 85% round orange|Problem 3 (suggested by Prof. Alexander Borisov), due on Monday, October 7. >
  
 +Three players are playing a game. They are
 +taking turns placing kings on a 1000x1000 chessboard, so that the
 +newly-placed king is not adjacent (directly or diagonally) to any of the
 +previously placed kings (i.e. the kings are in non-attacking positions). Whoever cannot place a king, loses. Prove that if any two of the players cooperate, they can make the third player lose.
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 +This problem was created by Prof. Alexander Borisov. We have not received any solutions. For a slightly
 +edited version of the solution provided by Alexander, see the following link {{:pow:2024fproblem3.pdf|Solution}}.