Editorial

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Editorial for Chef and Tic-Tac-Toe

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False. This is not an editorial for Chef and Tic-Tac-Toe.

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The problem is very simple for K=1.

For K=1 :

      Simply check if there exists any cell on the board which has a '.' and if it exists then the answer is **YES** else **NO**.

For K>1 :

      If we encounter a '.' then we need to check 4 things.
  1. Check number of consecutive ‘X’ in the corresponding row®.
  2. Check number of consecutive ‘X’ in the corresponding column©.
  3. Check number of consecutive ‘X’ in the corresponding left diagnol(ld).
  4. Check number of consecutive ‘X’ in the corresponding right diagnol(rd).

If at any step the count of (r>=K) or (c>=K) or (ld>=K) or (rd>=K) then break and the answer is YES.
ELSE if after all steps none of the counts>=K then the answer is NO.

Here is the code for the same.

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I have posted it as an answer.