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Source: Romanian Junior BkMO TST 2004, problem 9

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At a chess tourney, each player played with all the other players two matches, one time with the white pieces, and one time with the black pieces. One point was given for a victory, and 0,5 points were given for a tied game. In the end of the tourney all the players had the same number of points. a) Prove that there exist two players with the same number of tied games; b) Prove that there exist two players which have the same number of lost games when playing with the white pieces.