Two players play the following game. On an one-way endless checkered strip, the first player puts one triangle into a free cell, and the second player puts 1000 zeroes in free cells.The goal of the first player is to create an arithmetic progression of triangles of length 3, and the goal of the second player is to prevent him. Prove that the first player has a winning strategy.

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Two players play the following game. On an one-way endless checkered strip, the first player puts one triangle into a free cell, and the second player puts 1000 zeroes in free cells.The goal of the first player is to create an arithmetic progression of triangles of length 3, and the goal of the second player is to prevent him. Prove that the first player has a winning strategy.

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