2038. Remove Colored Pieces if Both Neighbors are the Same Color
There are n pieces arranged in a line, and each piece is colored either by ‘A’ or by ‘B’. You are given a string colors of length n where colors[i] is the color of the ith piece.
Alice and Bob are playing a game where they take alternating turns removing pieces from the line. In this game, Alice moves first.
- Alice is only allowed to remove a piece colored ‘A’ if both its neighbors are also colored ‘A’. She is not allowed to remove pieces that are colored ‘B’.
- Bob is only allowed to remove a piece colored ‘B’ if both its neighbors are also colored ‘B’. He is not allowed to remove pieces that are colored ‘A’.
- Alice and Bob cannot remove pieces from the edge of the line.
- If a player cannot make a move on their turn, that player loses and the other player wins.
Assuming Alice and Bob play optimally, return true if Alice wins, or return false if Bob wins.
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