Eight players competed at a recent chess tournament. Knowing that:
Each player played all the others, exactly once.
Winning earns you 1 point; drawing, ½ point; and losing, 0 points.
Everybody ended with a different number of points.
The one who ended 2nd earned as many points as the four bottom players put together.
What was the result of the game between the player who ended 3rd and the player who ended 7th?
(In reply to
re(2): What am I missing? (spoilers) by Charlie)
"So it looks like indeed the 2nd place finisher won his/her game against the 7th place finisher regardless of the scenario. And if it depended on the scenario (valid scenario consistent with the problem statement) then the puzzle answer would not have been well defined."
Agree!
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Posted by pcbouhid
on 2005-11-16 15:04:23 |
re(3): What am I missing? (spoilers)
