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Leetcode 1688. Count of Matches in Tournament

Given n teams that play rounds where each match eliminates one team (even rounds pair all teams, odd rounds leave one team advancing), compute the total number of matches played until one winner remains. Key insight: the total matches equal n - 1 (equivalently sum floor(current_n/2) each round).


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