zoj 2830 Champion of the Swordsmanship

#include "iostream"
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	int players;
	while (cin >> players && players)
	{
		int count = 0, a, b;
		while (players)
		{
			if (players == 1)
			{
				cout << count << endl;
				break;
			}
			if (players == 2)
			{
				cout << count + 1 << endl;
				break;
			}
			a = players / 3;
			b = players % 3;
			players = a + b;//剩下的人数
			count = count + a;//需要比赛的场数
		}
	}
}