the game of 21

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The game "21" is played as a  game with any number of players who take turns saying a number. The first player says "1" and each player in turn increases the number by 1, 2, or 3, but may not exceed 21; the player forced to say "21" loses.Here we will play this game with two players ,if you are given chance to start what will be your strategy?

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  1. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 1:22 AM

    if I am starting with 1,then if the other person is intelligent enough, I will always loose. The other person will choose 4,8,12,16 and 20 irrespective of what I choose.

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  2. AdminAugust 2, 2011 at 5:09 PM

    @Anonymous can you please explain it is not clear ..

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