nim

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A game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table.

• 🇵🇹Jogo em que palitos ou objetos são dispostos em fileiras e os jogadores, em turnos, retiram um ou mais de uma única fileira; em algumas versões o objetivo é pegar o último objeto, em outras é evitar pegá-lo.

1. Strategy game C1 formal

   A mathematical game in which players take turns removing objects from distinct piles; the player who takes the last object wins or loses depending on the variant.

   • They played a round of nim using matchsticks.
   • Nim is often used to teach combinatorial game theory.
   • The computer program was designed to play nim perfectly.

   🇵🇹Nim