http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/index.php Thu, 17 May 2012 10:05:44 +0200 Phorum 5.2.15a http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,611,611#msg-611 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,611,611#msg-611
You can find in booklet points distribution in every round and instructions how to send your aswers!

You can find the booklet here:
[sudokucup.com]]]> KarelTesar Puzzlers world-wide Wed, 16 May 2012 22:39:19 +0200 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,606,610#msg-610 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,606,610#msg-610
14.05.2012 - Diagonal and Greater Than
15.05.2012 - Consecutive sudoku
16.05.2012 - Windoku
17.05.2012 - Jigsaw sudoku
18.05.2012 - Greater Than
19.05.2012 - Diagonal and Windoku
20.05.2012 - Irregular and Consecutive

The HALAS league tournament is comming on! It'll take place on sudokucup server on 18-21 May 2012.]]> KarelTesar Puzzlers world-wide Mon, 14 May 2012 12:09:01 +0200 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,609,609#msg-609 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,609,609#msg-609 LMI May Sudoku Test on 12-14th - Sudoku 8X8

IB and Submission Link - [logicmastersindia.com]
On : 12th, 13th, 14th May
Author : ZUZKA HROMCOVÁ & MATÚŠ DEMIGER]]> debmohanty Puzzlers world-wide Sat, 12 May 2012 09:26:05 +0200 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,606,608#msg-608 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,606,608#msg-608
07.05.2012 - Greater Than
08.05.2012 - Greater Than
09.05.2012 - Consecutive sudoku
10.05.2012 - Consecutive sudoku
11.05.2012 - Diagonal and Windoku
12.05.2012 - Irregular and Consecutive
13.05.2012 - Diagonal and Greater Than

And let me invite you to try our new on-line daily league in solving classic sudoku :)

New puzzle every day!]]> KarelTesar Puzzlers world-wide Thu, 10 May 2012 22:52:24 +0200 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,607,607#msg-607 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,607,607#msg-607
The contest page: [www.logic-masters.de]

Instructions booklet:

In English: [www.logic-masters.de]
In French: [www.logic-masters.de]
In German: [www.logic-masters.de]

The tournament is open to all "worldwide" players.

Fred]]> Fred76 Puzzlers world-wide Mon, 07 May 2012 14:49:19 +0200 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,606,606#msg-606 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,606,606#msg-606
New puzzle every day!

[sudokucup.com]

The schedule of sudoku variants for this week:

01.05.2012 - Jigsaw sudoku
02.05.2012 - Diagonal sudoku
03.05.2012 - Windoku
04.05.2012 - Jigsaw sudoku
05.05.2012 - Diagonal sudoku
06.05.2012 - Windoku]]> KarelTesar Puzzlers world-wide Tue, 01 May 2012 11:05:51 +0200 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,604,605#msg-605 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,604,605#msg-605
There are over 70 puzzles and over 35 sudoku and variants to try!

[www.ukpuzzles.org]]]> GarethMoore Puzzlers world-wide Tue, 01 May 2012 00:09:59 +0200 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,604,604#msg-604 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,604,604#msg-604
These competitions contain puzzles very kindly contributed by a wide range of puzzle authors, including (in alphabetical order):

Alberto Fabris
Andrey Bogdanov
Anuraag Sahay
Clarity Media
David Millar
Deb Mohanty
Gabriele Simionato
Gareth Moore
Grant Fikes
Palmer Mebane
Philipp Hubner
Puzzler Media Ltd
Rishi Puri
Sinchai Rungsangrattanakul
Tawan Sunathvanichkul
Thomas Snyder
Vexus Puzzle Design
Vladimir Portugalov


PUZZLE TOURNAMENT
There are five rounds to the Puzzle tournament, of 30, 60, 45, 30 and 60 minutes. These will become available on the 28th and 29th of April, in a schedule published on the UKPA web site. Once they are published you will have 1 week to complete the rounds. Each round can be started at a time of your choosing during that week, but if you take the rounds during the on-site tournament your results will also be visible to on-site competitors.

You will be able to find links to the tournaments from [www.ukpuzzles.org] on the UKPA web site. The same page also has the instruction booklets with descriptions of the answer keys.

SUDOKU TOURNAMENT
There are three rounds to the Sudoku tournament, of 30, 90 and 45 minutes. These will also become available on the 28th and 29th of April, and again you will have 1 week to complete the rounds. Each round can be started at a time of your choosing during that week, but if you take the rounds during the on-site tournament your results will also be visible to on-site competitors.

TEAM SELECTION
Please note for eligible UK competitors that you CANNOT qualify for the UK WSC or UK WPC teams via this online competition - only on-site competitors in Manchester are eligible. There will be places for each team available in other online tournaments later this year.]]> dickoon Puzzlers world-wide Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:31:31 +0200 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,603,603#msg-603 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,603,603#msg-603 Mental calculators from all over the world are invited to the 5th Mental Calculation World Cup 2012!

[Apologies if you receive this e-mail more than once]

Venue:
Mathematikum, a science museum in Gießen, Germany (http://www.mathematikum.de)

Date:
29 September - 1 October 2012

Contest Details:
Calculators will have to solve tasks in different categories (addition, multiplication, extracting roots, day-of-the-week calculations) and various surprise tasks.
Only strict mental calculation (no tools, no writing down of intermediate results) is allowed.

Prizes:
There will be several prizes and trophies for the best participants.
In particular, the MEMORIAD Association will sponsor free flights to the MEMORIAD 2012 competition in Antalya, Turkey (http://www.memoriad.com) for the winners in the categories addition, multiplication, square roots and calendar calculation.
(does not apply for participants who have already won a free flight in the MCWC 2010 event and for participants who are not allowed to enter MEMORIAD contests according to decisions of the MEMORIAD Association)

Registration:
The registration form can be found on the MCWC website (http://www.recordholders.org/en/events/worldcup/2012/).
Please download the entry form and send it by airmail to the address given in the form.

Deadline for Registrations: 1 June 2012

More information can be found on the web site:
[www.recordholders.org]

Contacts:
If you have any questions on the MCWC, please contact info@recordholders.org.

I am looking forward to meet you in Gießen!
Ralf Laue]]> Anonymous User Puzzlers world-wide Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:03:00 +0200 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,602,602#msg-602 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,602,602#msg-602 logicmastersindia.com]
Dates : 17th, 18th and 19th March]]> debmohanty Puzzlers world-wide Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:57:29 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,601,601#msg-601 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,601,601#msg-601

Logic Masters India announces March 2012 Sudoku Test — Diagonal Vision

Dates : 10th - 12th March
Length : 120 minutes
IB and Submission Link : [logicmastersindia.com]
Author : Frédéric Stalder]]> Fred76 Puzzlers world-wide Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:29:35 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,491,600#msg-600 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,491,600#msg-600 akil-oyunlari.livejournal.com]

You can find the puzzles of Bram de Laat, Deb Mohanty, Frederic Stalder, Grant Fikes, Matus Demiger, Nikola Zivanovic, Pal Madarassy, Riad Khanmagomedov, Rohan Rao, Roland Voigt, Tawan Sunathvanichkul, Thomas Snyder and Zoltan Horvath in this issue.

The guest of our "Famous Puzzlers" section is Johan de Ruiter (NED). You can find the interview in English here: [akil-oyunlari.livejournal.com]

Best,

Gulce]]> gulce Puzzlers world-wide Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:55:45 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,598,599#msg-599 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,598,599#msg-599

TVC IX Dates : 11th and 12th Feb
Instruction Booklet for TVC - IX is already available]]> debmohanty Puzzlers world-wide Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:09:21 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,598,598#msg-598 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,598,598#msg-598
Classic Tapa Contest - Daily puzzles to be solved online
Dates : 11th Feb - 31st March
Link : [logicmastersindia.com]
Winners : Top 3 winners will receive books prepared by Tapa


Tapa Variations Contest - 4 small contests each of 75 minutes planned across Feb and March
Link : [logicmastersindia.com]
Winners : Top 3 winners will receive books prepared by Tapa
Tapa Master will also receive a trophy]]> debmohanty Puzzlers world-wide Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:03:13 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,597#msg-597 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,597#msg-597 Results:
[sudokucup.com]]]> KarelTesar Puzzlers world-wide Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:42:05 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,596#msg-596 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,596#msg-596 2 - Serbia
13 - Slovakia
3 - Switzerland
5 - Thailand
5 - USA]]> KarelTesar Puzzlers world-wide Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:11:47 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,595#msg-595 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,595#msg-595
The competition is open until 23:59:59 (GMT+1) 29.1.2012.

Players from:
2 - Argentina
1 - Austria
2 - Canada
4 - China
42 - Czech Rep.
1 - Denmark
1 - Estonia
1 - Finland
3 - France
13 - Germany
2 - India
1 - Russia
2 - Serbia
13 - Slovakia
3 - Switzerland
5 - Thailand
5 - USA
1 - Iran
6 - Italy
10 - Japan
3 - Korea, South
1 - Luxembourg
1 - Malaysia
15 - Poland]]> KarelTesar Puzzlers world-wide Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:07:44 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,594#msg-594 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,594#msg-594 The competition is coming and you must be curious about the points awarded to particular puzzles.

More you can find here:
[sudokucup.com]]]> KarelTesar Puzzlers world-wide Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:04:44 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,593#msg-593 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,593#msg-593 -------------------------------------------------------
> Sorry for my confusion, I am searching only
> classic sudoku contests.

There are 2 classics, multi and some very well known sudoku variants.
And it won't be difficult. So just try this competition and maybe you'll find out that you like it :)

Classic tournaments will be on our pages when the on-line Flash interface will be ready. Right now we're carefully testing it.
You can try it too here - [sudokucup.com]]]> KarelTesar Puzzlers world-wide Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:36:34 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,592#msg-592 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,592#msg-592 fridlund Puzzlers world-wide Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:22:45 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,591#msg-591 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,591#msg-591 sudokucup.com] you can find two new things! In the first one we offer you sample tasks (booklet) of the first tournament of HALAS league which is held online on 28-29 January 2012. I, as the author of puzzles, think you can look forward to that. So, try to solve these booklet puzzles to be prepared for the competition held next weekend.
The second major innovation is other 19 online tasks (Flash window) for testing of new play system.
I wish all of you fun!

And I look forward to your opinions and feedback.

Invite your friends too!]]> KarelTesar Puzzlers world-wide Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:55:33 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,590,590#msg-590 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,590,590#msg-590 10 Big Grids — 9 days to solve (21st to 29th)

Link : [logicmastersindia.com]]]> debmohanty Puzzlers world-wide Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:12:22 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,589#msg-589 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,589,589#msg-589
We'd like to announce the unique online "sudokucup" tournament consisting of popular sudoku puzzles. In the tournament you can compare your results to the results of players all over the world.
The sudokucup enables all sudoku players to play top puzzles in competition conditions without leaving home.
The principle of the tournament is simple:

1. Few days before the competition you can download a booklet that will contain similar assignments as those in the tournament.
2. Few hours before competition you can download PDF assignments file secured with a password.
3. On 28th January 2012 (0:00 CET) there will be opened access to the password by which you can open and print the tournament assignments. It will be open for 48 hours.
4. You will be given certain number of points for the solution sent in 2 hours from lifting the password (the solution sent later won’t be taken into account).

The results will be evaluated shortly after the tournament close.

The author of puzzles is Karel Tesař.

You can find SC7 here:
[sudokucup.com]

We're looking forward to you!
On behalf of organizers
Karel Tesař]]> KarelTesar Puzzlers world-wide Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:35:08 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,491,588#msg-588 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,491,588#msg-588
[akil-oyunlari.livejournal.com]]]> gulce Puzzlers world-wide Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:37:45 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,587,587#msg-587 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,587,587#msg-587 LMI January Sudoku Test on 7/8th - Shapes and Sizes

IB and Submission Link - [logicmastersindia.com]
On : 7th and 8th January
Author : Richard Stolk]]> debmohanty Puzzlers world-wide Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:04:46 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,586,586#msg-586 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,586,586#msg-586 IB and Submission Link - [logicmastersindia.com]

Author : Serkan Yurekli

On : 24th - 26th December (and Friday evening)]]> debmohanty Puzzlers world-wide Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:03:06 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,582,585#msg-585 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,582,585#msg-585 You will find puzzles at

[puzzleserbia.com]

and also at

[enigmatika.webs.com]

Enjoy!

Nikola]]> Anonymous User Puzzlers world-wide Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:42:10 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,584,584#msg-584 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,584,584#msg-584
Dates : 3rd-5th December (includes Friday evening and Monday)

IB and Submission Link : [logicmastersindia.com]]]> debmohanty Puzzlers world-wide Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:57:19 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,583,583#msg-583 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,583,583#msg-583
Dates : 26th, 27th, 28th November

IB and Submission Link : [logicmastersindia.com]

Author : Serkan Yurekli]]> debmohanty Puzzlers world-wide Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:06:50 +0100 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,582,582#msg-582 http://forum.worldpuzzle.org/read.php?2,582,582#msg-582
The first set will be available 03.12. (Saturday) at 12:00 (Belgrade time, GMT+1) on our website puzzleserbia.com. Deadline for sending solutions is 10.12. up to 24:00.
The second set will be available 11.12. (Sunday) at 12:00. Deadline for sending solutions will be 17.12. up to 24:00.

Day after deadline for set, all received solutions will be available. Scoring table will be ready within 48h, and next 48h any complains will be considered - author's decision will be final. After that, final results will be published and winners declared.

In finding solutions, or parts of the solution, you may not use the suggestion from any side, including computer programs (a coin flip is allowed). The programs can be used only to calculate result for your solution. For some puzzles we will provide that kind of programs (Delphi for Windows). Lovers of programming are invited to participate in the subsequent analysis.

So, optimize your schedule in a such way that your free time is maximized in early December Wink

Authors: Milovan Kovačević & Jovan Novaković

Nikola]]> Anonymous User Puzzlers world-wide Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:34:39 +0100