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Puzzle No.246

This is an Every Second Turn puzzle from the Indian Puzzle Championship - 2008.

PUZZLE NO.246: EVERY SECOND TURN


SOLUTION:

Puzzle No.245

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

PUZZLE NO.245: KROPKI (1~8)


SOLUTION:

Puzzle No.244

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

PUZZLE NO.244: MINESWEEPER (24 Mines)


SOLUTION:

Puzzle No.243

Puzzle: Sequence Sudoku
Author: Rohan Rao

PUZZLE NO.243: SEQUENCE SUDOKU


SOLUTION:

Puzzle No.242

Puzzle: Arrows
Source: Indian Puzzle Championship 2008

PUZZLE NO.242: ARROWS


SOLUTION:

Puzzle No.241

Puzzle: Consecutive Sudoku
Author: Rohan Rao

PUZZLE NO. 241: CONSECUTIVE SUDOKU


SOLUTION:

Sudoku Variations Contest

A contest was held from 14th-22nd November, 2009 by Jiri Hrdina.

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Results

1. Tomoaki Tokunaga (Japan) - 102
2. Anatoliy Kazmerchuk (Ukraine) - 98.5
3. Vasiliy Ilyuhin (Russia) - 97
4. Alexander Shkolnikov (Ukraine) - 93
5. Alberto Fabris (Italy) - 91
6. Taro Arimatsu (Japan) - 90
7. Dmitry Litvinenko (Russia) - 86.5
8. Nikola Zivanovic (Serbia) - 86
9. Elena Rumina (Russia) - 85
10. Branko Ceranic (Serbia) - 81.5
10. Jan Mrozowski (Poland) - 81.5
10. Daisuke Takei (Japan) - 81.5

Indian participants

28. Rohan Rao (India) - 67
29. Rakesh Rai (India) - 66
45. Tejal Phatak (India) - 37
49. Shanta Murthy (India) - 27
51. Neeraj Mehrotra (India) - 21

Complete Results


There were totally 56 participants.
Congrats to everyone!

Puzzle No.240

Puzzle: No Even Neighbours Sudoku
Author: Tejal Phatak

PUZZLE NO.240


SOLUTION:

Rules of 'No Even Neighbours Sudoku'

Place numbers in the grid such that each row, column and 3x3 box contain the numbers 1 to 9. Even numbers cannot be adjacent to each other.

This sudoku variation has been created by Tejal Phatak and Rohan Rao.

EXAMPLE:


UNIQUE SOLUTION:

Indian Puzzle Championship 2009

Indian Puzzle Championship 2009
All resident Indian nationals, irrespective of age, can participate in Indian Puzzle Championship. The Championship was an online test on October 4th, 2009. The puzzle-solving skills of contestants was 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 Antalya, Turkey in November 2009.

Rules and Regulations
Open for All Indian and Foreign Nationals. Only Participants of Indian Origin will be considered for the Indian Puzzle Team to represent India at the WPC. Ranking will be done on the basis of total score. Ties will be broken using the following rules in order:
Fewest number of incorrect answers (blank answers are ignored)
Earliest time stamp

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.

Championship Timing
The Championship was held from 14:00 hrs IST (08:30GMT). It was of 2.5 hours.

Official Website: Logic Masters India

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Password is cU4bIPunEv
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The list of puzzles that appeared in the championship are:

1. Trid
2. Polygraph
3. 4x4 Minesweeper
4. Comet
5. Ikebana
6. Word Search
7. Mirror Image
8. Dominos
9. Magnets
10. Missing Digit Kakuro
11. Direct Turn Loop
12. No Four In A Row
13. Easy As ABCD
14. Ripple Effect
15. Sparse Skyscraper
16. Tiger In The Woods
17. Classic Sudoku
18. Kropki Sudoku
19. Hitori
20. Mastermind
21. Spiral Galaxies
22. Elastic Bands
23. Triangle Count
24. LMI Cut
25. Vista

Results

1. Rajesh Kumar - 700
2. Rohan Rao - 670
3. Puneet Goenka - 570
4. Rakesh Rai - 500
5. Jaipal Reddy - 495
6. Himanshu Mittal - 495
7. Gaurav Korde - 460
8. Harmeet Singh - 440
9. Tejal Phatak - 335
10. Aakash Doulani - 230

Complete Results

There were totally 33 participants.
Congrats to everyone!