On the instability of a topological game related to consonance (Q2293005)

The paper deals with the topological game \(G_1(\mathcal{K},\mathcal{O})\) in the context of consonant spaces [\textit{S. Dolecki} et al., Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 347, No. 8, 2869--2884 (1995; Zbl 0845.54005)]. (Where the game \(G_1(\mathcal{K},\mathcal{O})\) has \(\omega\)-many rounds and in each round Player One plays a \(k\)-cover of \(X\) and then Player Two picks an element of the cover; Player One wins if the choices of Player Two do not cover the space.) Its main theorem states that assuming cov\((\mathcal{M})=\mathfrak{c}\), every \(\sigma\)-compact separable metric space with no isolated points can be partioned into two disjoint dense sets \(A\) and \(B\) such that Player One has no winning strategy in the game \(G_1(\mathcal{K,O})\) in either \(A\) or \(B\). Among the corollaries, the author shows that under cov\((\mathcal{M})=\mathfrak{c}\), the topological sum of two spaces in which Player One does not have a winning strategy in the game \(G_1(\mathcal{K,O})\) may result in a topological space in which Player One does have a winning strategy in the same game.