Problem 740. Battleship_010 : (TM) Classic Game - Methodical Bot (100 move max)

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The Classic Battleship™ game implemented between a computer bot and a player's bot.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_%28game%29">Battleship</a>You and your opponent have 9 ships of various sizes.These Ships/Sizes/Qty are Carrier-5, Battleship-4, Submarine-3(qty 2), Cruiser-3(qty 2), Destroyer-2(qty-3).The board is 10x10. (index 1-100)
Unknown=0, Miss=1, Hit=2The Play:Player places his ships on the board. Ships may not overlap but may touch.Ships array is [9,2] where 1 is the Carrier and 9 is a Destroyer.[start_idx, orientation; start_idx, orientation...]. An orientation of 0 is Down and a 1 is Right.Ships[1 1;...] places the Carrier in cells [1 11 22 33 44]Player takes a shot on the board - idx 1:100.The computer bot will take a shot if he has any ships remaining.The player will see an updated board for his next shot if he has any ships remaining.Pass: WinBattleship_bot_010 randomly picks from Zero sectors.

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