Contest for Best Logic Innovative Puzzle

Serbian Puzzle Association held a contest for best logic innovative puzzle. The contest ended on 1st of September 2009. The winner receives 50 euro prize.

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I was the guest referee. I thank Nikola Zivanovic for giving me this opportunity.
There were really nice puzzles by the participants.

Results

1. Fleat In Fenced Octopus (Dragan Tolomanoski) - 38
2. Hexa Briquet (Cedomir Milanovic) - 29
3. Labyrinth Sudoku (Jiri Hrdina) - 26
4. Almost There (Anurag Sahay) - 19
5. Chaos (Volkan Dilber) - 17
6. Arrow Path (Jiri Hrdina) - 15
7. Roman Skyscrapers (Dragan Tolomanoski) - 10
8. Pentawords (Cedomir Milanovic) - 9
9. Roofs (Salih Alan) - 9
10. Knights Loop Sudoku (Rakhel Kumar Parida) - 8

Indian participants

4. Almost There (Anurag Sahay) - 19
10. Knights Loop Sudoku (Rakhel Kumar Parida) - 8
11. Burroshima (Anurag Sahay) - 8
12. Network (Rajesh Kumar) - 6
12. Double Skyscrapers (Rajesh Kumar) - 6
15. Heavy Top Skyscrapers (Rajesh Kumar) - 5
16. Minesweepers In Loop (Rajesh Kumar) - 4
17. Palindrome ABCD End View (Rajesh Kumar) - 2
17. Corral 2009 (Anurag Sahay) - 2

Complete Results

There were totally 26 puzzles by 9 participants.
Congrats to everyone!

Puzzles

1. Fleat In Fenced Octopus (Dragan Tolomanoski) - 38
Connect some dots with one single line in such a way that you get the shape of an octopus which takes squares in every row and column. Numbers inside the grid represents all fields which have the same numbers of fence that surround them and the neighbouring fields in which octopus is (including numbered field). Body of octopus never takes 2x2 area After that, put standard fleat in the octopus, in such a way that ships dont touch each other, not even diagonally, if the numbers outside the grid represent the total of ship segments in belonging direction. Ships can take fields with number, too.


Solution:

This was undoubtedly the best puzzle of the contest as two out of the three judges gave 15 points, while the 3rd judge gave 8 points.

Puzzle No.237

This is a Toroidal Sudoku from the Japanese Sudoku Championship - 2007.

PUZZLE NO.237: TOROIDAL SUDOKU (1~7)


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Puzzle No.236

This is a Toroidal Sudoku.

PUZZLE NO.236: TOROIDAL SUDOKU (1~7)


SOLUTION:

Rules of 'Toroidal Sudoku'

Place numbers in the grid such that each row, column and thick-outlined region contain the numbers 1 to 9. Some of the outlined regions will wrap between the top and bottom edges, and/or the left and right edges of the grid.

EXAMPLE:


UNIQUE SOLUTION:

Puzzle No.235

This is a Magnets puzzle from the Indian Puzzle Championship - 2008.

PUZZLE NO.235: MAGNETS


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Puzzle No.234

This is a Buttons puzzle from the India Puzzle Championship - 2008.

PUZZLE NO.234: BUTTONS


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Rules of 'Buttons'

Each button can either be white or black. Pressing a button causes change of colour for the button itself and all horizontally and vertically adjacent buttons. Press six different buttons such that all the buttons in the grid become white.

EXAMPLE:


UNIQUE SOLUTION:

Puzzle No.233

This is a Hundred puzzle from the Indian Puzzle Championship - 2008.

PUZZLE NO.233: HUNDRED


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Puzzle No.232

This is a Kakuro puzzle from the Indian Puzzle Championship - 2008.

PUZZLE NO.232: KAKURO


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Puzzle No.231

This is an Irregular Number Place puzzle from the Indian Puzzle Championship - 2008.

PUZZLE NO.231: IRREGULAR NUMBER PLACE (1~8)


SOLUTION:

Puzzle No.230

This is a Tents puzzle from the Indian Puzzle Championship - 2008.

PUZZLE NO.230: TENTS


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Puzzle No.229

This is a Slalom puzzle from the Indian Puzzle Championship - 2008.

PUZZLE NO.229: SLALOM


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Puzzle No.228

This is a Different Neighbours puzzle from the Indian Puzzle Championship - 2008.

PUZZLE NO.228: DIFFERENT NEIGHBOURS (1~4)


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Puzzle No.227

This is a Mastermind puzzle from the French Puzzle Championship - 2005.

PUZZLE NO.227: MASTERMIND


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Puzzle No.226

This is a Mastermind puzzle from the French Puzzle Championship - 2005.

PUZZLE NO.226: MASTERMIND


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Puzzle No.225

This is a Mastermind puzzle from the French Puzzle Championship - 2005.

PUZZLE NO.225: MASTERMIND


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Puzzle No.224

This is a Battleship puzzle from the Indian Puzzle Championship - 2008.

PUZZLE NO.224: BATTLESHIP


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Puzzle No.223

This is a Zigzag puzzle from the Indian Puzzle Championship - 2008.

PUZZLE NO.223: ZIGZAG (Z-I-G-Z-A-G)


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Puzzle No.222

This is a Domino Hunt puzzle from the French Puzzle Championship - 2005.

PUZZLE NO.222: DOMINO HUNT (0~6)


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Puzzle No.221

This is a Domino Hunt puzzle from the French Puzzle Championship - 2005.

PUZZLE NO.221: DOMINO HUNT (0~9)


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Puzzle No.220

This is a Skyscrapers puzzle from the French Puzzle Championship - 2004.

PUZZLE NO.220: SKYSCRAPERS (1~6)


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Puzzle No.219

This is a Star Battle puzzle from the Indian Puzzle Championship - 2008.

PUZZLE NO.219: STAR BATTLE (2 Stars)


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Puzzle No.218

This is a Domino Hunt puzzle from the French Puzzle Championship - 2004.

PUZZLE NO.218: DOMINO HUNT (0~6)


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Puzzle No.217

This is a Mastermind puzzle from the French Puzzle Championship - 2004.

PUZZLE NO.217: MASTERMIND


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Puzzle No.216

This is a Mastermind puzzle from the French Puzzle Championship - 2004.

PUZZLE NO.216: MASTERMIND


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