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Rules of 'Hashi'

Each circle in the grid represents an island. Draw horizontal/vertical bridges between islands such that all islands are connected to each other. Bridges cannot cross each other. The number inside each circle represents the number of bridges connected to it. No more than 2 direct bridges exist between two islands.

EXAMPLE:



UNIQUE SOLUTION:

Indian Sudoku Championship - September 2010 Monthly Test

Logic Masters India announces the September 2010 Sudoku Monthly Test named 'HotPot'.
The author of the puzzles is TThsieh, jvcb, cpickerel.

Download Instruction Booklet
Download Puzzle Booklet
Password is eNJoy_thE_hOtpOt

The list of sudokus that appeared in the test are:

1. Classic Sudoku
2. Diagonal Sudoku
3. 1234+567+89 Sudoku
4. Inequality Sudoku
5. Bush Sudoku
6. Pi Sudoku
7. The Greater Sudoku
8. BlackOut Sum Sudoku
9. Incomplete Killer Sudoku
10. Outside Sudoku

Results

1. Thomas Snyder (USA) - 560
2. Rishi Puri (India) - 530
3. Michael Ley (Germany) - 463
4. Hideaki Jo (Japan) - 431
5. David McNeill (UK) - 412
6. Sylvain Caudmont (France) - 410
7. Fred Stalder (Switzerland) - 396
8. Vincent Bertrand (Belgium) - 396
9. Jakub Ondrousek (Czech Republic) - 393
10. Claudine Thiry (Luxembourg) - 364

Indian participants

2. Rishi Puri (India) - 530
14. Rohan Rao (India) - 337
23. Priyanka Gupta (India) - 293
30. Rakesh Rai (India) - 263
39. Tejal Phatak (India) - 220
40. Jaipal Reddy (India) - 219
50. Prasanna Seshadri (India) - 195
60. Akash Doulani (India) - 168
64. Anil Khosla (India) - 168
69. Srikanth Birudavolu (India) - 168

Complete Results

There were totally 133 participants.
Congrats to everyone!

The R-factor

With the conclusion of the Indian Puzzle Championship, I came across a very interesting trend. Take a look at the last 6 years Indian champions.



All winners' names start with the letter 'R'!

So, if your name starts with an 'R', you could be the next Indian champion. If your name doesn't start with an 'R', you could be the one to break this trend!

Indian Puzzle Championship 2010

Indian Puzzle Championship 2010
All resident Indian nationals, irrespective of age, can participate in Indian Puzzle Championship. The Championship will be an online test on September 12th, 2010. The puzzle-solving skills of contestants will be tested using different puzzle variations which appear in the WPCs. Top rankers at the Indian Puzzle Championship will be eligible to represent India at the World Puzzle Championship to be held in Warsaw, Poland from 24th-29th October 2010.

Championship Timing
The Championship was held on 12th September. The test duration is of 2.5 hours.

Rules and Regulations
The championship is open for All Indian and Foreign Nationals.
However, only participants with Indian nationality will be considered for the Indian Puzzle Team to represent India at the WPC.

External help of any kind is not permitted. This means no assistance of any kind from any other person, also any books, calculators, computers or tools other than the items explicitly permitted. Writing instruments of any shape or design, erasers, rulers and paper are allowed. All scores are subject to review compliance for rules. The organizers reserve the right to disqualify any contestant if in their sole judgment they believe that the rules have been violated.

Download Instruction Booklet
Download Puzzle Booklet
Password is iMa8NebMirfO

The list of puzzles that appeared in the test are:

Sudokus
1. Classic Sudoku
2. Killer Sudoku
3. Irregular Sudoku
4. Equal To Sudoku
5. Divisible By 3 Sudoku

Basics
1. Kakuro
2. Hitori
3. Fence
4. Arrows
5. Battleship

Observation
1. Spot The Differences
2. Word Search
3. LMI Fill
4. SFinks Cut
5. Paint By Numbers

Polish
1. Trimino Clubs
2. Shield
3. Box 321
4. Poplotek
5. More More

Variants
1. Dominos
2. ABC Connection
3. Skyscrapers
4. Easy As ABCD
5. Bridges

Results

1. Rohan Rao - 1795
2. Rajesh Kumar - 1755
3. Gaurav Korde - 1120
4. Tejal Phatak - 1115
5. Aman Pruthi - 1090
6. Prasanna Seshadri - 1080
7. Priyanka Gupta - 1075
8. Munira Lokhandwala - 1070
9. Jaipal Reddy - 1070
10. Rudradev Basak - 1005

Complete Indian Results

Congrats to everyone!

Indian Puzzle Championship - September 2010 Monthly Test

Logic Masters India announces the September 2010 Monthly Test as the 2nd edition of 'Evergreens'.
The author of the puzzles is Deb Mohanty.

Download Instruction Booklet
Download Puzzle Booklet
Password is M201009_eGTwO_452P

The list of puzzles that appeared in the test are:

1. ABC Connectors
2. Black And White
3. Every Second Breakpoint
4. Hashi
5. Rectangles
6. Thermometers
7. H20
8. Star Battle
9. Anglers
10. Queen's Park
11. Different Neighbours
12. Dart
13. Letter Snail
14. Light Up
15. Area Division
16. Half Dominos
17. Masyu
18. Number Pyramid
19. Mastermind
20. No 4 In A Row
21. Polymino
22. Sum Skyscraper
23. ABCD 2nd View
24. Japanese Sums
25. Dutch Loop

Results

1. Thomas Snyder (USA) - 880
2. Ulrich Voigt (Germany) - 872
3. Hideaki Jo (Japan) - 832
4. Sebastian Matschke (Germany) - 712
5. Psyho (Poland) - 700
6. Serkan Yurekli (Turkey) - 644
7. Philipp Weiß (Germany) - 639
8. Nikola Zivanovic (Serbia) - 566
9. William Blatt (USA) - 552
10. Jana Tylova (Czech Republic) - 514

Indian participants

32. Rohan Rao (India) - 381
48. Rishi Puri (India) - 297
56. Rajesh Kumar (India) - 270
73. Priygupt (India) - 230
86. Rakesh Rai (India) - 200
109. Prasanna Seshadri (India) - 142
110. Jaipal Reddy (India) - 140
117. Sudhir Shankar Raman (India) - 125
121. Siva (India) - 110
121. Neeraj Mehrotra (India) - 110

Complete Results

There were totally 166 participants.
Congrats to everyone!

Rules of 'H2O'

There are a number of water (H2O) molecules in the grid, each composed of two Hydrogen(H) atoms and one Oxygen(O) atom. Atoms in a molecule connect each other either in a straight line or in a 90-deg angle. Locate the Oxygen atoms, which do not touch each other, not even diagonally.

EXAMPLE:


UNIQUE SOLUTION: