Indian Sudoku Championship 2010

Indian Sudoku Championship 2010
Sudoku, dubbed as the hottest puzzle sensation since the Rubiks Cube gained worldwide popularity in early 2005. The first World Sudoku championship (WSC) was held in March 2006 in Lucca, Italy. The 5th WSC will be held in April 2010 in Philadelphia, USA. Logic Masters India in association with TechFest at IIT Bombay, invites you to test your logical skills in the Indian Sudoku Championship and get an opportunity to represent India at the WSC. All resident Indian nationals, irrespective of age, can participate in Indian Sudoku Championship. The sudoku-solving skills of contestants will be tested through the regular Classic sudokus as well as different sudoku variations which appear in the WSCs. Top rankers at the Indian Sudoku Championship will be eligible to represent India at the 5th World Sudoku Championship to be held in Philadelphia in April 2010.

Rules and Regulations
The Indian Sudoku Championship will consist of two online rounds on 3rd and 9th January 2010 to select the top 30 participants for the finals. There will also be an elimination round to select the top 30 from the on the spot participants on 23rd January 2010. The finals for these 60 participants will be held on 24th January 2010. Detailed instructions are available here

Championship page
For further details regarding the Indian Sudoku Championship please visit our championship page

Registration
All participants will have to register at the TechFest website to get their participant ID here.

Download Instruction Booklet

Download Puzzle Booklet 1 (Day 1)
Password is wa5endul
Download Solution Booklet 1 (Day 1)
Download Puzzle Booklet 2 (Day 1)
Password is sh9pylyj
Download Solution Booklet 2 (Day 1)
Download Puzzle Booklet 3 (Day 1)
Password is bu4tabeb
Password is Solution Booklet 3 (Day 1)

Download Puzzle Booklet 1 (Day 2)
Password is dskn7vytps
Download Solution Booklet 1 (Day 2)
Download Puzzle Booklet 2 (Day 2)
Password is njtnr2qdbh
Download Solution Booklet 2 (Day 2)
Download Puzzle Booklet 3 (Day 2)
Password is bdjms8bh3k
Download Solution Booklet 3 (Day 2)

The list of puzzles that appeared for the championship are:

Round 1
1. Classic Sudoku

Round 2
1. Odd-Even Sudoku
2. Diagonal Sudoku
3. Frame Sudoku
4. Sudoku XV
5. Irregular Sudoku
6. Consecutive Sudoku

Round 3
1. Outside Sudoku
2. Quadruple Sudoku
3. Magic Square Sudoku
4. No Knight Sudoku
5. Group Sum Sudoku
6. Toroidal Sudoku

Results

1. Jan Mrozowski (Poland) - 1970
2. Jakub Ondrousek (Czech Republic) - 1910
3. Rohan Rao (India) - 1875
4. Jan Novotny (Czech Republic) - 1840
5. Nikola Zivanovic (Serbia) - 1730
6. Rishi Puri (India) - 1725
7. Ritesh Gupta (India) - 1655
8. Chen Cen (China) - 1585
9. Jakub Hrazdira (Czech Republic) - 1550
10. Rakhel Parida (India) - 1435
10. Puneet Goenka (India) - 1435

Indian results

1. Rohan Rao - 1875
2. Rishi Puri - 1725
3. Ritesh Gupta - 1655
4. Rakhel Parida - 1435
4. Puneet Goenka - 1435
6. Gaurav Korde - 1360
7. Priyanka Gupta - 1355
8. Pooja Gaddyan - 1345
9. Neha Sharma - 1295
9. Pratik Poddar - 1295
9. Gnyanendra Kumar - 1295

Complete Results

There were totally 169 participants.
Congrats to everyone!

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