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Collisions between rooks taking random flights on an N by M chessboard

I randomly place $k$ rooks on an (arbitrarily sized) $N$ by $M$ chessboard. Until only one rook remains, for each of $P$ time intervals we move the pieces as follows: (1) We choose one of the $k$ ...
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A random variable in a game of knights and queens

Suppose that a game is played on an $n \times n$ board as follows. There are two players, Player 1 has (only) $Q$ queens and Player 2 has only $K$ knights. Suppose that $Q, K \leq n/3$. The game is ...
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