Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/319 - The Ten Cards

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 * The Ten Cards
 * Place any ten playing cards in a row face up.
 * There are two players.
 * The first player may turn face down any single card he chooses.
 * Then the second player can turn face down any single card or any $2$ adjacent cards.
 * And so on.
 * Thus the first player must turn face down a single, but afterwards either player may turn down either a single or two adjacent cards.
 * The player who turns down the last card wins.


 * Should the first or second player win?