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Challenging Chess Championship (Posted on 2005-11-16) Difficulty: 3 of 5
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?

    See The Solution Submitted by Old Original Oskar!    
    Rating: 3.3333 (6 votes)

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    One solution | Comment 1 of 13

    Scores were 6.5, 6, 5.5, 4, 3 ,2 ,1 and 0 = 28pts. which is 8 players x 7 matches= 56 matches/2 players in a match= 28

    The player who ended third defeated the player who finished 7th.

    The player who finished 2nd (6 pts) equals the bottom 4 players (0,1,2,3).

    Everyone ended with a different point total.


      Posted by Gary on 2005-11-16 13:23:58
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