Tapa Variations Contests

Discussion Thread



Trophy planned for Tapa Master 2012 and Tapa books for top 3 participants.

About Tapa Variations Contest

Tapa Variations Contest (TVC) is an annual contest having different variations of Tapa puzzle. Each year, during February and March, 4 small contest will be organized. There will be winners every week and at the end of four contests there will be Tapa Variations Winner, determined by a scoring system. Winner of 2010 Tapa Variation Contest was Nikola Zivanovic from Serbia. In 2011, Florian Kirch from Germany won the contest.

Tapa Variations List

Most of the puzzle ideas used in TVC belonged to participants. Everyone is encouraged to share Tapa variations ideas which can be included in upcoming contests. We have compiled a list of all Tapa Variations in order to avoid duplicates and make the process more productive by saving time for puzzle idea providers. Please check the link below.

If you have puzzle ideas, please send them to Gulce or Serkan

Grading System in 2012

Two different grading systems were used in 2010 and 2011. Considering our two-year experience, we know that some changes should be made to the grading system. The new structure is being discussed in LMI forum.


TVC 2012

Dates TVC 2012 (IX-X-XI-XII) - Hall Of Fame
Gold Silver Bronze
TVC - IX 11th/12th Feb 2012 Thomas Snyder (USA) Bram de Laat (Netherlands) Hideaki Jo (Japan)
TVC - X 25th-27th Feb 2012 Palmer Mebane (USA) Kota Morinishi (Japan) Bram de Laat (Netherlands)
TVC - XI 17th-19th Mar 2012 Palmer Mebane (USA) Ko Okamoto (Japan) Hideaki Jo (Japan)
TVC - XII 31th Mar-02nd Apr 2012 Palmer Mebane (USA) Nagata Yuta (Japan) Endo Ken (Japan)
Tapa Master 2012 Feb and March 2012 Palmer Mebane (USA) Thomas Snyder (USA) Hideaki Jo (Japan)

TVC 2011

Dates TVC 2011 (V-VI-VII-VII) - Hall Of Fame
Gold Silver Bronze
TVC - V 5th/6th Feb 2011 Thomas Snyder (USA) Andrey Bogdanov (Russia) Florian Kirch (Germany)
TVC - VI 19th/20th Feb 2011 Thomas Snyder (USA) Philipp Weiß (Germany) Przemyslaw Debiak (Poland)
TVC - VII 5th/6th Mar 2011 Ulrich Voigt (Germany) Andrey Bogdanov (Russia) Florian Kirch (Germany)
TVC - VIII 19th/20th Mar 2011 Zoltan Horvath (Hungary) Przemyslaw Debiak (Poland) Taro Arimatsu (Japan)
Tapa Master 2011 Feb and March 2011 Florian Kirch (Germany) Thomas Snyder (USA) Przemyslaw Debiak (Poland)

TVC 2010

Dates TVC 2010 (I-II-III-IV) - Hall Of Fame
Gold Silver Bronze
TVC - I 6th Feb 2010 Florian Kirch (Germany) Sebastian Matschke (Germany) Nikola Zivanovic (Serbia)
TVC - II 13th Feb 2010 Ulrich Voigt (Germany) Florian Kirch (Germany) Nikola Zivanovic (Serbia)
TVC - III 20th Feb 2010 Philipp Weiß (Germany) Florian Kirch (Germany) Mehmet Murat Sevim (Turkey)
TVC - IV 27th Feb 2010 Ulrich Voigt (Germany) Andrey Bogdanov (Russia) Przemyslaw Debiak (Poland)
Tapa Master 2010 Feb 2010 Nikola Zivanovic (Serbia) Przemyslaw Debiak (Poland) Hideaki Jo (Japan)

Nikola Zivanovic receiving Tapa Master 2010 from Serkan Yurekli during 10th 24 HPC in Budapest

Trophy won by Florian Kirch for Tapa Master 2011