IPC 2010
@ 2010-03-10 2:18 PM (#202) (#202) Top

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adarshagrawal posted @ 2010-03-10 2:18 PM

Hi,

I was unable to get much information about the Indian Puzzle Championship for 2010 dates etc.

Could someone please share some information regarding IPC for this year.

Thanks
Adarsh
@ 2010-03-10 3:42 PM (#205 - in reply to #202) (#205) Top

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amitsowani posted @ 2010-03-10 3:42 PM

The dates for the IPC 2010 have not been announced as yet.
Typically the IPC is organized in August- September every year.
Watch out this space for more information, and if you are registered on this side then you need not worry, since we will broadcast a message announcing information regarding the IPC well before the event.
@ 2010-06-12 4:02 PM (#732 - in reply to #202) (#732) Top

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aditya bhansali posted @ 2010-06-12 4:02 PM

any update yet about IPC 2010?
@ 2010-06-12 5:01 PM (#733 - in reply to #732) (#733) Top

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amitsowani posted @ 2010-06-12 5:01 PM

We will be anouncing regarding IPC 2010 soon.
Meanwhile we are starting a monthly series of Puzzle tests which will be similar to IPC.
Watch out for more details.
@ 2010-06-16 10:16 PM (#734 - in reply to #202) (#734) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-06-16 10:16 PM

Waiting for the monthly series of puzzles.

Edited by rajeshk 2010-06-16 10:17 PM
@ 2010-08-04 11:48 AM (#1063 - in reply to #734) (#1063) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-08-04 11:48 AM

Finally the much awaited news is out. The Indian Puzzle Championship 2010 will be held on 12-Sep-2010. Watch this space for further information.

Rishi
@ 2010-08-18 12:48 PM (#1256 - in reply to #1063) (#1256) Top

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Nikola posted @ 2010-08-18 12:48 PM

I have a request for the organizers. Can you open IPC in a two or three days as an online tests? Certainly the 12th September I will not be at home and, you know, I have to defend my international title.
@ 2010-08-19 12:27 PM (#1271 - in reply to #202) (#1271) Top

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Abhimanyu posted @ 2010-08-19 12:27 PM

Can you keep daily competition? It will be very interesting.
@ 2010-08-19 1:07 PM (#1272 - in reply to #1271) (#1272) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2010-08-19 1:07 PM

Abhimanyu - 2010-08-19 12:27 PM

Can you keep daily competition? It will be very interesting.

Thank you for your suggestion. We'll keep this in mind.

A request to all : Please refrain from posting anything other than IPC 2010 in this thread. There are other threads open for requests like this. See this, this, and this
@ 2010-08-24 6:41 AM (#1307 - in reply to #202) (#1307) Top

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msvinod posted @ 2010-08-24 6:41 AM

When will the rules and regulations, Instruction booklet and FAQs of IPC 2010 be activated???
@ 2010-08-24 11:03 AM (#1308 - in reply to #1307) (#1308) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2010-08-24 11:03 AM

The instruction booklet will be available around 8th September.
Rules and Regulations posted here
@ 2010-08-24 11:10 AM (#1309 - in reply to #1308) (#1309) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2010-08-24 11:10 AM

As part of our regular Monthly tests, we have 2 Puzzle Tests planned before IPC2010.

Broken Pieces on 28th and 29th September
EverGreens II on 4th and 5th September

Both of these will be online events and will be conducted similar to IPC2010.

If you are new to IPC or LMI events, it is strongly suggested that you participate in these tests to get familiar with the online system.

These 2 tests will expose you to several things, including
• How to download the IB and Puzzle Booklet?
• How to get the password for Puzzle Booklet?
• How to submit the answers?
• And most importantly, how do you prepare and plan for the event.
@ 2010-09-01 2:48 PM (#1443 - in reply to #202) (#1443) Top

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amitsowani posted @ 2010-09-01 2:48 PM

<<<< For all non Indian participants >>>>

Since the IPC is mainly for the selection of the Indian team for the WPC it will be open for Indian participants only between 14:00 and 16:30 IST on 12th September

However after the official test has been completed we will open the test for all foreign participants for 24 hours from 12th September, 17:30 IST till 17:30 IST on 13th September. All Indian results in this duration will not be considered for selection to the national team.

If you find the official timings comfortable then you are free to participate during the official test too.

@ 2010-09-03 2:47 AM (#1446 - in reply to #202) (#1446) Top

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abhishek221 posted @ 2010-09-03 2:47 AM

I have a doubt that when the paper is downloaded online then y cant i use computer and have to use paper for solving it..
@ 2010-09-03 8:17 AM (#1447 - in reply to #1446) (#1447) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2010-09-03 8:17 AM

abhishek221 - 2010-09-03 2:47 AM

I have a doubt that when the paper is downloaded online then y cant i use computer and have to use paper for solving it..

It is easier and efficient if you print the puzzles and solve on paper.
@ 2010-09-06 7:31 PM (#1509 - in reply to #1443) (#1509) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-06 7:31 PM

amitsowani - 2010-09-01 2:48 PM

If you find the official timings comfortable then you are free to participate during the official test too.



It will be good to request the international Participant, not to participate during the official test to avoid overloading on the server.
@ 2010-09-06 8:16 PM (#1514 - in reply to #202) (#1514) Top

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thesubro posted @ 2010-09-06 8:16 PM

The Rules and Regulations do not mention how you register for the competition.
@ 2010-09-07 9:51 AM (#1526 - in reply to #1514) (#1526) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-07 9:51 AM

thesubro - 2010-09-06 8:16 PM

The Rules and Regulations do not mention how you register for the competition.


Hi,

You dont need to register individually for any competition. If you are registered on our site/forum (which I presume you already are since you posted on the forum ), you can simply use the same username and password to participate.

Rishi
@ 2010-09-07 9:53 AM (#1527 - in reply to #1509) (#1527) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-07 9:53 AM

rajeshk - 2010-09-06 7:31 PM



It will be good to request the international Participant, not to participate during the official test to avoid overloading on the server.


Rajesh, I dont think there is any worry with regards to overloading of the server, we have not faced any overloading issues in any of the monthly tests. and it is unlikely that a highly drastic change will be there in the number of foreign players participating.
@ 2010-09-07 9:55 AM (#1528 - in reply to #1526) (#1528) Top

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-09-07 9:55 AM

purifire - 2010-09-07 9:51 AM

thesubro - 2010-09-06 8:16 PM

The Rules and Regulations do not mention how you register for the competition.


Hi,

You dont need to register individually for any competition. If you are registered on our site/forum (which I presume you already are since you posted on the forum ), you can simply use the same username and password to participate.

Rishi


I would suggest entering full name be made compulsory if not already entered in the IPC.
@ 2010-09-07 8:35 PM (#1553 - in reply to #1527) (#1553) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-07 8:35 PM

purifire - 2010-09-07 9:53 AM

rajeshk - 2010-09-06 7:31 PM



It will be good to request the international Participant, not to participate during the official test to avoid overloading on the server.


Rajesh, I dont think there is any worry with regards to overloading of the server, we have not faced any overloading issues in any of the monthly tests. and it is unlikely that a highly drastic change will be there in the number of foreign players participating.


In the monthly tests, test remains open for 48 hours. If consider that there are 160 participants then on the average, people submitting the answers will be around 4/hour. The test will be open for 2 hours and say 100 people participate and all submitting the answers at the same, it may overload server. Hopefully LMI server will be able to take this load.
@ 2010-09-08 7:59 AM (#1561 - in reply to #1308) (#1561) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-08 7:59 AM

Administrator - 2010-08-24 11:03 AM

The instruction booklet will be available around 8th September.
Rules and Regulations posted here


Waiting for the IB
@ 2010-09-08 2:11 PM (#1577 - in reply to #202) (#1577) Top

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priygupt posted @ 2010-09-08 2:11 PM

The Instruction Booklet is not yet posted, Can we expect it to be up by 5pm today?
@ 2010-09-08 2:19 PM (#1579 - in reply to #1577) (#1579) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-08 2:19 PM

priygupt - 2010-09-08 2:11 PM

The Instruction Booklet is not yet posted, Can we expect it to be up by 5pm today?


We cannot give a specific cut off time...
@ 2010-09-08 6:05 PM (#1601 - in reply to #1553) (#1601) Top

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anurag posted @ 2010-09-08 6:05 PM

I am with rajesh here,the server may not take that load.
@ 2010-09-09 11:24 AM (#1606 - in reply to #1579) (#1606) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-09 11:24 AM

The IB for IPC 2010 has been uploaded. It can be downloaded Here
@ 2010-09-09 11:43 AM (#1607 - in reply to #1606) (#1607) Top

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amitsowani posted @ 2010-09-09 11:43 AM

The puzzles have been divided into five groups.
The first group is dedicated to Sudoku, which is definitely one of the most popular puzzle type. A couple of the Sudoku concepts have been borrowed from Jan Mrzowski's blog and from the Polish Puzzle Championship 2010.

The next section is for Basic Variants which the participants are very likely to have seen before even in newspapers.

The third section has observational and word puzzles, like spot differences, word search which I am sure most of you must have solved when you were kids :)

The fourth section is dedicated to Puzzle types from the Polish Puzzle Championship in accordance to the fact that WPC 2010 will be hosted by Poland.

The last section is again a section of basic variants which have commonly occured in past Polish Championships.

Hope you all have a great time solving these puzzles.

Please go through the Instruction Booklet carefully and do post any doubts regarding the puzzle instructions answer format etc. on the forum.

@ 2010-09-09 11:58 AM (#1609 - in reply to #202) (#1609) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-09 11:58 AM

Thanks Amit/Rishi

Looking forward to this championship. Just one doubt as of now. Will there be any bonus points in this championship?
@ 2010-09-09 12:28 PM (#1610 - in reply to #1609) (#1610) Top

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amitsowani posted @ 2010-09-09 12:28 PM

There are no bonus points for the official rankings in the IPC.

We will include a bonus of 10 points per minute saved in the rankings which include all non Indian participants.

In case participants finish all puzzles correctly within the alloted time then the tie will be broken based on the time stamp of the last correctly submitted answer.
@ 2010-09-09 1:57 PM (#1611 - in reply to #1610) (#1611) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-09 1:57 PM

Instructions for Poplotek is not clear. Does the number represents number of fence sides or number of turns taken on that side?
@ 2010-09-09 2:07 PM (#1612 - in reply to #1611) (#1612) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-09 2:07 PM

rajeshk - 2010-09-09 1:57 PM

Instructions for Poplotek is not clear. Does the number represents number of fence sides or number of turns taken on that side?


Rajesh, There will be numbers on all 4 sides of the figure.

The numbers on the left and bottom indicate the number of corners (turns ) and the numbers on the right and top of the figure indicate the number of sides of the loop.

Hope this clarifies.
@ 2010-09-09 2:37 PM (#1614 - in reply to #1612) (#1614) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-09 2:37 PM

purifire - 2010-09-09 2:07 PM

rajeshk - 2010-09-09 1:57 PM

Instructions for Poplotek is not clear. Does the number represents number of fence sides or number of turns taken on that side?


Rajesh, There will be numbers on all 4 sides of the figure.

The numbers on the left and bottom indicate the number of corners (turns ) and the numbers on the right and top of the figure indicate the number of sides of the loop.

Hope this clarifies.


Thanks Rishi
In fact this was clear from the instructions itself. Sorry for confusion.
@ 2010-09-09 2:42 PM (#1615 - in reply to #1614) (#1615) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-09 2:42 PM

No Problem :)
@ 2010-09-09 3:31 PM (#1616 - in reply to #202) (#1616) Top

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anurag posted @ 2010-09-09 3:31 PM

unfortunately,the instruction booklet is not worth looking through. i suggest posting links to other pdfs which contain examples of those puzzle types.Hope the test pdf looks better.
@ 2010-09-09 3:59 PM (#1617 - in reply to #1616) (#1617) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-09 3:59 PM

anurag - 2010-09-09 3:31 PM

unfortunately,the instruction booklet is not worth looking through. i suggest posting links to other pdfs which contain examples of those puzzle types.Hope the test pdf looks better.


The purpose of the IB is to give an idea of the type of puzzle and inform the participants of the answer key. If anyone wants practice material, google search is the best option.

Rishi
@ 2010-09-09 6:20 PM (#1618 - in reply to #1616) (#1618) Top

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SrikanthB posted @ 2010-09-09 6:20 PM

I believe so much effort has been spent on it by the Organizers that you cannot just ridicule it. As mentioned by Rishi, most of these puzzles are standard ones. And if you are serious enough and have been trying puzzles long enough, you would know the rules of a puzzle just by the name of it. And if not, you cannot comment on others efforts.
@ 2010-09-09 7:20 PM (#1619 - in reply to #202) (#1619) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-09 7:20 PM

Agree with Rishi that idea of IB to give idea regarding the puzzle type and answer format. Most of the puzzle are standard puzzle and new variations are taken from Polish Championship which is mentioned in the IB.

One can download the Polish Championship puzzles from following link
http://sfinks.org.pl/zadania.php?lang=EN


@ 2010-09-09 7:37 PM (#1620 - in reply to #1616) (#1620) Top

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-09-09 7:37 PM

anurag - 2010-09-09 3:31 PM

unfortunately,the instruction booklet is not worth looking through. i suggest posting links to other pdfs which contain examples of those puzzle types.Hope the test pdf looks better.


@Anurag

I think if u google the various puzzle types u can get lot of samples.... so instead of depending on organizers please find some links and post them for the benefit of the public.....
@ 2010-09-09 8:03 PM (#1621 - in reply to #202) (#1621) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-09 8:03 PM

Most of the standard puzzles can be found at

http://www.janko.at/Raetsel/index.htm



@ 2010-09-09 9:45 PM (#1622 - in reply to #1621) (#1622) Top

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-09-09 9:45 PM

In Box 321 is it necessary that we have only 2 sets of 1,2 ,3 in each row and each column............. at least the example is like that
@ 2010-09-09 9:55 PM (#1624 - in reply to #202) (#1624) Top

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-09-09 9:55 PM

Another query.........
Does the size of puzzles remain same or will it be increased...................example ABCD, DOMINOES, KAKURO, etc
@ 2010-09-09 10:06 PM (#1625 - in reply to #1622) (#1625) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-09 10:06 PM

neerajmehrotra - 2010-09-09 9:45 PM

In Box 321 is it necessary that we have only 2 sets of 1,2 ,3 in each row and each column............. at least the example is like that


Neeraj, if in a row the sequence of 1,2,3 occurs, then that sequence cannot repeat in any other row. similarly, the sequence of numbers in a every column is unique. Hope this helps.

Rishi
@ 2010-09-09 10:06 PM (#1626 - in reply to #1624) (#1626) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-09 10:06 PM

neerajmehrotra - 2010-09-09 9:55 PM

Another query.........
Does the size of puzzles remain same or will it be increased...................example ABCD, DOMINOES, KAKURO, etc


The examples given in the IB have no bearing on the size of the actual puzzles.

Rishi
@ 2010-09-09 10:08 PM (#1628 - in reply to #1626) (#1628) Top

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-09-09 10:08 PM

thanx a lot Rishi.......
concept of the puzzles is really nice (though I am not very gud at them)..........looking forward for the competition...
@ 2010-09-09 10:29 PM (#1629 - in reply to #1628) (#1629) Top

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vopani posted @ 2010-09-09 10:29 PM

Spot The Differences: Can we enter all 5 answers? If yes, will we get full marks if 1 is wrong and 4 are correct?
@ 2010-09-09 11:14 PM (#1630 - in reply to #1629) (#1630) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-09 11:14 PM

Rohan Rao - 2010-09-09 10:29 PM

Spot The Differences: Can we enter all 5 answers? If yes, will we get full marks if 1 is wrong and 4 are correct?


If you enter all 5 differences and if one turns out wrong then the entire answer will be treated as incorrect.

On a lighter note Rohan, once you have found 4 differences, why would you want to waste time on locating the 5th difference

Rishi
@ 2010-09-09 11:22 PM (#1632 - in reply to #1624) (#1632) Top

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amitsowani posted @ 2010-09-09 11:22 PM

neerajmehrotra - 2010-09-09 9:55 PM

Another query.........
Does the size of puzzles remain same or will it be increased...................example ABCD, DOMINOES, KAKURO, etc



The size of the puzzle can be estimated for some of the puzzles
Easy as ABCD is(A~D) in final puzzle.
Dominos is (0~8) in final puzzle.
You can safely assume that Kakuro will not be as small as the puzzle given in the example
@ 2010-09-09 11:23 PM (#1633 - in reply to #1622) (#1633) Top

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amitsowani posted @ 2010-09-09 11:23 PM

neerajmehrotra - 2010-09-09 9:45 PM

In Box 321 is it necessary that we have only 2 sets of 1,2 ,3 in each row and each column............. at least the example is like that



@neeraj

The rules do not require two sets of 1-2-3 in each row/column.

The rule only states that in the combination cannot be repeated in any horizontal 3X1 box or any vertical 3X1 box.
@ 2010-09-09 11:53 PM (#1634 - in reply to #202) (#1634) Top

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-09-09 11:53 PM

thanx Amit....
@ 2010-09-10 9:37 AM (#1635 - in reply to #1621) (#1635) Top

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-09-10 9:37 AM

rajeshk - 2010-09-09 8:03 PM

Most of the standard puzzles can be found at

http://www.janko.at/Raetsel/index.htm





Than Rajesh for introducing us to such a wonderful website............
@ 2010-09-10 10:48 AM (#1638 - in reply to #1635) (#1638) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-10 10:48 AM

neerajmehrotra - 2010-09-10 9:37 AM

rajeshk - 2010-09-09 8:03 PM

Most of the standard puzzles can be found at

http://www.janko.at/Raetsel/index.htm





Than Rajesh for introducing us to such a wonderful website............


In fact this site is must have in every puzzlers list. I am practicing puzzles on this site from 2004 onwards and till now there is not a single puzzle type for which I could solve all the puzzles. Hats off to Otto Janko for maintaining this site very well.



@ 2010-09-10 9:12 PM (#1641 - in reply to #202) (#1641) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2010-09-10 9:12 PM

Instructions translated in Chinese available here - http://www.sudokufans.org.cn/forums/index.php?showtopic=110 - Thanks to Minfang Lin
@ 2010-09-10 9:14 PM (#1642 - in reply to #202) (#1642) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2010-09-10 9:14 PM

@ 2010-09-11 8:47 PM (#1648 - in reply to #202) (#1648) Top

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amitsowani posted @ 2010-09-11 8:47 PM

The puzzle booklet is available for download at the following link http://logicmastersindia.com/IPC2010/submit.asp

The puzzle booklet contains 15 pages, 1 cover page, 1 points page, followed by 13 pages of puzzles.
@ 2010-09-11 10:03 PM (#1649 - in reply to #1648) (#1649) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-11 10:03 PM

Will the Domino Set and Battleships will be given in the puzzle booklet?


@ 2010-09-11 10:15 PM (#1650 - in reply to #1649) (#1650) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-11 10:15 PM

rajeshk - 2010-09-11 10:03 PM

Will the Domino Set and Battleships will be given in the puzzle booklet?




Rajesh, the domino sets will be given in the PB... for Battleships the IB clearly states, and I quoet from the IB "The fleet is shown below, one 4 unit
battleship, two 3 unit cruisers, three 2 unit destroyers and four 1 unit submarines."

Hope that clarifies.

Rishi
@ 2010-09-11 10:20 PM (#1651 - in reply to #202) (#1651) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-11 10:20 PM

Thanks Rishi for quick reply and clarifying my doubts.
@ 2010-09-11 10:22 PM (#1652 - in reply to #1651) (#1652) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-11 10:22 PM

rajeshk - 2010-09-11 10:20 PM

Thanks Rishi for quick reply and clarifying my doubts.


You are welcome anytime Rajesh... all the best for tomorrow.

Rishi
@ 2010-09-11 10:25 PM (#1653 - in reply to #1652) (#1653) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-11 10:25 PM

Thanks Rishi! Looking forward to this championship tomorrow.
@ 2010-09-12 6:48 AM (#1654 - in reply to #1653) (#1654) Top

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puneet245 posted @ 2010-09-12 6:48 AM

All the best to all the participants for IPC 2010.

Puneet
@ 2010-09-12 8:02 AM (#1656 - in reply to #1443) (#1656) Top

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radekivv posted @ 2010-09-12 8:02 AM

amitsowani - 2010-09-01 3:48 AM

<<<< For all non Indian participants >>>>

Since the IPC is mainly for the selection of the Indian team for the WPC it will be open for Indian participants only between 14:00 and 16:30 IST on 12th September

However after the official test has been completed we will open the test for all foreign participants for 24 hours from 12th September, 17:30 IST till 17:30 IST on 13th September. All Indian results in this duration will not be considered for selection to the national team.

If you find the official timings comfortable then you are free to participate during the official test too.



Thank you so much for opening the time window for international players . I had my alarm set for 3 AM so I could start at 3:30 AM, but now I can get good night sleep.

Good luck to all players!
@ 2010-09-12 11:50 AM (#1657 - in reply to #202) (#1657) Top

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-09-12 11:50 AM

all the best guys.............
@ 2010-09-12 12:21 PM (#1658 - in reply to #1657) (#1658) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-12 12:21 PM

Best of luck to everyone




@ 2010-09-12 1:25 PM (#1660 - in reply to #1658) (#1660) Top

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aman_pruthi posted @ 2010-09-12 1:25 PM

All the best to everyone :)
@ 2010-09-12 1:44 PM (#1664 - in reply to #202) (#1664) Top

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Tejal Phatak posted @ 2010-09-12 1:44 PM

All the best to all participants! :)
@ 2010-09-12 1:46 PM (#1665 - in reply to #202) (#1665) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2010-09-12 1:46 PM

The set of battleships shown in the puzzle booklet (along side the grid) is incorrect. The correct set includes one 4-unit battleship, two 3-unit cruisers, three 2-unit destroyers and four 1-unit submarines.

Note that the grid is correct.
@ 2010-09-12 2:40 PM (#1667 - in reply to #202) (#1667) Top

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sudhanshu posted @ 2010-09-12 2:40 PM

what is the password for IPC 2010? I am not getting it on my login.
@ 2010-09-12 2:44 PM (#1669 - in reply to #1667) (#1669) Top

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amitsowani posted @ 2010-09-12 2:44 PM

the password will be available to you on the submit page http://logicmastersindia.com/IPC2010/submit.asp after you login
@ 2010-09-12 2:51 PM (#1670 - in reply to #202) (#1670) Top

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priygupt posted @ 2010-09-12 2:51 PM

Answer for More More puzzle is not taking 7 digits. Can you please check?
@ 2010-09-12 2:54 PM (#1671 - in reply to #1670) (#1671) Top

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priygupt - 2010-09-12 2:51 PM

Answer for More More puzzle is not taking 7 digits. Can you please check?

yes, wrong warning message.
Your submission will be accepted with 7 digits.
@ 2010-09-12 2:55 PM (#1672 - in reply to #1670) (#1672) Top

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priygupt - 2010-09-12 2:51 PM

Answer for More More puzzle is not taking 7 digits. Can you please check?

Type 7 digits and submit. Ignore the warning.
@ 2010-09-12 3:30 PM (#1673 - in reply to #1672) (#1673) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2010-09-12 3:30 PM

After the official test is over, IPC will be open for international participants (and for Indians who missed it during the official time).
17:30 12-Sep till 17:30 13-Sep.

To be fair to everyone, we request the official participants not to discuss about the puzzles before 17:30 on 13-Sep.
They should refrain from discussing about answers / difficulties of puzzles / strategies / tricks / password / uniqueness / errors during this period.

@ 2010-09-12 4:32 PM (#1674 - in reply to #202) (#1674) Top

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Ziti posted @ 2010-09-12 4:32 PM

Oh, so you mean I did not have to stay awake until 5:00am to take this test!? I should have read the messages before taking the test. :)

It was a very nice test -- accessible and fun with lots of new variations that were fresh but not too obscure; and you had plenty of sudoku in here too! I thank the LMI team once again for their great work.
@ 2010-09-12 4:36 PM (#1675 - in reply to #1674) (#1675) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-12 4:36 PM

Ziti - 2010-09-12 4:32 PM

Oh, so you mean I did not have to stay awake until 5:00am to take this test!? I should have read the messages before taking the test. :)

It was a very nice test -- accessible and fun with lots of new variations that were fresh but not too obscure; and you had plenty of sudoku in here too! I thank the LMI team once again for their great work.


Thanks Jason, We tried our best keep it simple and fun.
@ 2010-09-12 4:45 PM (#1678 - in reply to #1671) (#1678) Top

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rajibrborah posted @ 2010-09-12 4:45 PM

Administrator - 2010-09-12 2:54 PM

priygupt - 2010-09-12 2:51 PM

Answer for More More puzzle is not taking 7 digits. Can you please check?

yes, wrong warning message.
Your submission will be accepted with 7 digits.


I initially submitted with 7 digits. And since it was wrongly erroring out, I submitted without the digit already included in the question (i.e. the digit '1' in the fourth column which was already displayed in the grid in the question).

Since, I guess there could be more people like me, therefore, IMHO both XXX1XXX & XXXXXX should be accepted as correct.

Rajib.
@ 2010-09-12 4:46 PM (#1679 - in reply to #202) (#1679) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2010-09-12 4:46 PM

PLEASE DO NOT POST ANSWERS
@ 2010-09-12 4:56 PM (#1680 - in reply to #1673) (#1680) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-12 4:56 PM

Thanks for the nice puzzles. Enjoyed participating in IPC 2010.
@ 2010-09-12 5:00 PM (#1681 - in reply to #1679) (#1681) Top

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vopani posted @ 2010-09-12 5:00 PM

Thanks for the puzzles, they were all fun to solve :-)
Looking forward to the response and results.

Rohan.
@ 2010-09-12 5:21 PM (#1682 - in reply to #1678) (#1682) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2010-09-12 5:21 PM

rajibrborah - 2010-09-12 4:45 PM
I initially submitted with 7 digits. And since it was wrongly erroring out, I submitted without the digit already included in the question (i.e. the digit '1' in the fourth column which was already displayed in the grid in the question).

Since, I guess there could be more people like me, therefore, IMHO both XXX1XXX & XXXXXX should be accepted as correct.

Rajib.
Both answers will be accepted as correct.
@ 2010-09-12 5:26 PM (#1683 - in reply to #202) (#1683) Top

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Tejal Phatak posted @ 2010-09-12 5:26 PM

The puzzles were nice and enjoyed solving them :)
Thanks to the organizers!
@ 2010-09-12 5:40 PM (#1685 - in reply to #202) (#1685) Top

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-09-12 5:40 PM

great set of puzzles......really enjoyed solving.
Eagerly waiting for the results............
@ 2010-09-12 5:41 PM (#1686 - in reply to #1685) (#1686) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-12 5:41 PM

Thanks Tejal and Neeraj...
@ 2010-09-12 6:01 PM (#1687 - in reply to #202) (#1687) Top

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priygupt posted @ 2010-09-12 6:01 PM

Really nice puzzles.. Keeping my fingers crossed for results!
@ 2010-09-12 6:38 PM (#1688 - in reply to #202) (#1688) Top

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zaki posted @ 2010-09-12 6:38 PM

Hello,
wonderful puzzles - I especially liked your slitherlink :)
Regards,
Zaki
@ 2010-09-12 6:42 PM (#1689 - in reply to #1687) (#1689) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2010-09-12 6:42 PM

Good set of puzzles....Thanks to the organizers.
@ 2010-09-12 7:02 PM (#1690 - in reply to #202) (#1690) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2010-09-12 7:02 PM

You can check the points that you have scored in IPC at the following link.

http://logicmastersindia.com/IPC2010/score.asp

Do let us know if you think that there are any errors in your score calculation.

Please do not post any answers as the test is still on for international participants.

The official results will be posted tomorrow after all score claims have been corrected.
@ 2010-09-12 8:27 PM (#1692 - in reply to #1690) (#1692) Top

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wicktroll posted @ 2010-09-12 8:27 PM

The characters given for the answer key are differently set for Battleships in the IB and in the PB. In the IB characters start on the left of the grid from 'A' and continue on the top of the grid from 'I'. While in the PB characters start on the top from 'A' and continue on the left from 'L'. In the IB the answer key is getting the first part of the coordinate from the left and then from the top. I used the same procedure to generate my answer key (first character from left, second from top) and I got 0 points to my answer. Is it because I should have got the first coordinate from the top and the second from the left?
@ 2010-09-12 8:32 PM (#1693 - in reply to #1689) (#1693) Top

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wicktroll posted @ 2010-09-12 8:32 PM

Thanks for organizing this competition and let international solvers to take part in it
@ 2010-09-12 8:36 PM (#1694 - in reply to #1693) (#1694) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2010-09-12 8:36 PM

wicktroll - 2010-09-12 8:32 PM

Thanks for organizing this competition and let international solvers to take part in it
Points awarded to your battleship.
@ 2010-09-12 9:43 PM (#1695 - in reply to #202) (#1695) Top

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Akuma21 posted @ 2010-09-12 9:43 PM

Wonderful contest!! i like it very much
(maybe cause i have done a good score, for me...)
@ 2010-09-12 11:08 PM (#1697 - in reply to #1695) (#1697) Top

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amitsowani posted @ 2010-09-12 11:08 PM

Spot the Differences and Battleships might not be marked as correct in your score.
These puzzles will be checked manually tomorrow.
@ 2010-09-13 1:20 AM (#1698 - in reply to #202) (#1698) Top

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detuned posted @ 2010-09-13 1:20 AM

Some really nice puzzles in this contest - good job by the organisation, and I second the comment about opening it up to international participation!

To administrator - I have a query with regards to my submitted answers that I sent by PM, although I am unsure as to whether this has sent or not. Could you check this please?

Cheers,

Tom
@ 2010-09-13 2:33 AM (#1699 - in reply to #202) (#1699) Top

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gramar posted @ 2010-09-13 2:33 AM

I am relatively new to the world of puzzling and enjoyed this competition immensely despite the fact that I got a relatively low score (practise makes perfect) I did wonder whether I could ask to be awarded the points for the LMI Fill puzzle as I believe I correctly identified the two unused words, but somehow managed to omit the last letter of the second word when typing in the answer (it is quite obvious which word it is meant to be). Just thought it might be worth asking! Thanks
@ 2010-09-13 3:43 AM (#1700 - in reply to #202) (#1700) Top

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forcolin posted @ 2010-09-13 3:43 AM

It has been a very enjoyable contest and a very nice group of puzzles. Thank you again for giving us all the opportunity to play. My congatulations to the new Indian champion.

a message for the organizers. Could somebody double check my reply to the puzzle O1 SPOT THE DIFFERENCES - I have given 4 replies but 3 of them are outlined in bold as wrong, do not undersatnd why

thank you

stefano
@ 2010-09-13 7:26 AM (#1701 - in reply to #202) (#1701) Top

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David McNeill posted @ 2010-09-13 7:26 AM

Enjoyed the contest very much. I seem to have entered the answers to O2 and O3 with extra spaces, but otherwise correctly. Could you please check for me?

Thank you,

David McNeill.
@ 2010-09-13 9:32 AM (#1702 - in reply to #202) (#1702) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2010-09-13 9:32 AM

following puzzles for respective players have been correctly awarded.

wicktroll - B5
gramar - O3
forcolin - O1
David McNeill - O2, O3
@ 2010-09-13 9:44 AM (#1703 - in reply to #202) (#1703) Top

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harmeet posted @ 2010-09-13 9:44 AM

Great set of puzzles guys!
Best wishes to all the participants!
Unfortunately I entered the competition late and lost few critical minutes.

Edited by harmeet 2010-09-13 9:46 AM
@ 2010-09-13 11:49 AM (#1704 - in reply to #202) (#1704) Top

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davep posted @ 2010-09-13 11:49 AM

Deb - Thanks very much to you and team India for allowing international participation; enjoyed the puzzles (as always) ....
best regards,
dave
@ 2010-09-13 2:45 PM (#1707 - in reply to #202) (#1707) Top

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PuzzleScot posted @ 2010-09-13 2:45 PM

Great contest guys. Thanks for allowing us foreigners to participate. Much appreciated!

Alan

http://www.ukpuzzles.org/
@ 2010-09-13 2:50 PM (#1708 - in reply to #1707) (#1708) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-13 2:50 PM

PuzzleScot - 2010-09-13 2:45 PM

Great contest guys. Thanks for allowing us foreigners to participate. Much appreciated!

Alan

http://www.ukpuzzles.org/


Thanks Alan...

Rishi
@ 2010-09-13 2:52 PM (#1709 - in reply to #202) (#1709) Top

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sumitdaga posted @ 2010-09-13 2:52 PM

great competition!!..kudos...
but don't you think that the selection of the Indian team should not be made through a two and a half hour test but rather should be
spread over many such competitions and people with highest cumulative scores be selected...or any similar method..
thanks
@ 2010-09-13 3:38 PM (#1710 - in reply to #1709) (#1710) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-13 3:38 PM

sumitdaga - 2010-09-13 2:52 PM

great competition!!..kudos...
but don't you think that the selection of the Indian team should not be made through a two and a half hour test but rather should be
spread over many such competitions and people with highest cumulative scores be selected...or any similar method..
thanks


Hi Sumit,

Thanks for the suggestion and taking part in the IPC.

The purpose of the National championship is to find the best in the Country and have the best team sent for the World Championships. The other monthly competitions that we host at LMI is treated more as friendly competitions and practice.

Rishi
@ 2010-09-13 6:16 PM (#1711 - in reply to #202) (#1711) Top

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bansaviv posted @ 2010-09-13 6:16 PM

@Administrator
I have answered battleships as N,E,P,C,P,E,P,G which is same as C,E,E,G,N,P
I have been avoided zero points
kindly check this out
@ 2010-09-13 6:19 PM (#1712 - in reply to #1711) (#1712) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2010-09-13 6:19 PM

bansaviv - 2010-09-13 6:16 PM

@Administrator
I have answered battleships as N,E,P,C,P,E,P,G which is same as C,E,E,G,N,P
I have been avoided zero points
kindly check this out
Correct answer is CM,EN,EP,GP
@ 2010-09-13 6:28 PM (#1713 - in reply to #202) (#1713) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2010-09-13 6:28 PM

Answer Keys
PuzzleNameSolution
B1 - Kakuro94586926#96859124
B2 - Hitori333
B3 - Fence3032
B4 - Arrows5#5
B5 - BattleshipCM,EN,EP,GP
O1 - Spot DifferencesB5,C2,E7,G6,H5
O2 - Word SearchCZESTOCHOWA,KATOWICE,RYBNIK,WROCLAW
O3 - LMI fillDROWN,OPERA
O4 - SFINKS Cut213212
O5 - Paint by numbers0000010001#1001001001|1111101110#0110110110
P1 - Trimino Clubs1#3
P2 - Shield0246975138
P3 - Box 321132312#321312
P4 - Poplotek31412
P5 - More More3021054|302054
S1 - Classic Sudoku526189743#127386495
S2 - Killer Sudoku496852317#912847536
S3 - Irregular Sudoku198372465#586791243
S4 - Equal to Sudoku517326948#734612859
S5 - Divisible by 3 Sudoku864579312#486291735
V1 - Dominos 5#5
V2 - ABC ConnectionABCBDBEFEB
V3 - Skyscraper532251#224122
V4 - Easy as ABCDXBCDA
V5 - Hashi3
@ 2010-09-13 7:23 PM (#1714 - in reply to #202) (#1714) Top

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amitsowani posted @ 2010-09-13 7:23 PM

The official results of the Indian Puzzle Championship which only includes Indian nationals who participated during the official test timings are available here.
http://logicmastersindia.com/IPC2010/results.asp
Congrats to Rohan Rao, Rajesh Kumar, Gaurav Korde and Tejal Phatak for making it to the top 4.

The complete results for the entire event are available here.
http://logicmastersindia.com/IPC2010/score.asp
Congrats to Thomas Snyder, Michael Ley and Branko Ceranic for topping the test with huge bonus points.

Thank you everybody for your participation and making the event a successful one.
@ 2010-09-13 7:37 PM (#1716 - in reply to #1714) (#1716) Top

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purifire posted @ 2010-09-13 7:37 PM

Congrats to Rohan on bagging a double in 2010... ISC and IPC..... Great Show by Thomas Snyder, Michael Ley and Branko Ceranic.

Also a great performance by Rajesh, Gaurav and Tejal...

Rishi
@ 2010-09-13 7:48 PM (#1717 - in reply to #1716) (#1717) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2010-09-13 7:48 PM

Congrats to all winners !!!
@ 2010-09-13 7:56 PM (#1719 - in reply to #1717) (#1719) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2010-09-13 7:56 PM

Congrats Rohan for winning both ISC, IPC for year 2010. Hoping that you will be attending WPC 2010.



@ 2010-09-13 9:56 PM (#1720 - in reply to #1719) (#1720) Top

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vopani posted @ 2010-09-13 9:56 PM

Thanks Amit/Rishi/Deb. Wonderful contest, amazing puzzles and a successful championship.
Thanks Rakesh, Rajesh and others. It feels nice to be the best in the country :-)

Congrats to Snyder, Ley and Ceranic for their top 3 positions.
@ 2010-09-13 9:58 PM (#1722 - in reply to #202) (#1722) Top

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Tejal Phatak posted @ 2010-09-13 9:58 PM

Congrats Rohan! :)
@ 2010-09-13 9:59 PM (#1723 - in reply to #202) (#1723) Top

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Tejal Phatak posted @ 2010-09-13 9:59 PM

Thanks to Amit/Deb/Rishi for the wonderful set of puzzles! :)
@ 2010-09-14 12:13 AM (#1724 - in reply to #1720) (#1724) Top

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skywalker posted @ 2010-09-14 12:13 AM

Congratulations, Rohan!!! And also Thomas, Michael...

I wish to thank also to all puzzle makers and LMI masters.

Branko
@ 2010-09-14 10:20 AM (#1725 - in reply to #202) (#1725) Top

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harmeet posted @ 2010-09-14 10:20 AM

Heartiest congratulations to all the winners and many congratulations to Amit, Deb and Rishi for organizing it!
@ 2010-09-14 11:16 AM (#1727 - in reply to #202) (#1727) Top

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amitsowani posted @ 2010-09-14 11:16 AM

Thanks everybody for the wonderful response.
Let me take this opportunity to thank team working behind the scenes to make IPC 2010 happen.
The initial plan was of Deb participating in the IPC after a long time (post 2007), with me and Rishi organizing the IPC.
But Deb, being indispensable to the IPC team ended up creating a large number of puzzles and designing the submission interface. Some of these puzzles like the Divisible by 3, Equal to Sudoku ended up being the most appreciated puzzles as expected :)
Rishi chipped in with some of the puzzles even while on paternity leave and most importantly ensured that the server did not let us down during the test duration.
Also thanks to Kshitij Sharma for creating a couple of puzzles for the IPC, both of which were the first time he was creating puzzles for that type. Should serve as some inspiration for participants dabbling around with creating their own puzzles :)
On my part, I did most of the IB and PB compilation, which did leave a lot to be desired, but I'm sure the learning out here would come in good stead while organizing future championships.
And special thanks to Nikola who did not get a chance to defend his IPC 2009 title in giving us quick feedback on puzzle timings and also helping with the answer format.
@ 2010-09-14 11:26 AM (#1728 - in reply to #1727) (#1728) Top

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aman_pruthi posted @ 2010-09-14 11:26 AM

Yo, thanks to the organizers, the puzzles were a lovely set, going through them felt like a cool breeze. I mean, not literally, but that is the closest I can describe it. Thanks again :)

Edited by aman_pruthi 2010-09-14 11:26 AM
@ 2010-09-14 1:11 PM (#1729 - in reply to #1728) (#1729) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2010-09-14 1:11 PM

Amit, Deb, Kshitij, Nikola, Rishi (in alphabetical order)
@ 2010-09-14 4:36 PM (#1733 - in reply to #1729) (#1733) Top

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vopani posted @ 2010-09-14 4:36 PM

Thanks Branko and Harmeet.
Thanks to Kshitij and Nikola too... :-)
@ 2010-09-14 8:24 PM (#1737 - in reply to #202) (#1737) Top

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Fred76 posted @ 2010-09-14 8:24 PM

Thanks to the IPC organizers.

Congrats to Thomas, Michael, Branko, Rohan, Rajesh, Gaurav and all these guys who are very good at puzzle
I'm not (yet?) a big fan of puzzles, but as there were a big part of sudoku, I decided to participate. I enjoy some of other puzzles, too

Fred
@ 2010-09-16 7:37 AM (#1766 - in reply to #1737) (#1766) Top

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radekivv posted @ 2010-09-16 7:37 AM

Congratulations to all winners and to all who participated! The puzzles were very nice and "newbies friendly". I had unfortunately power outage 15 minutes into the competition and solving with candle light in hope that the electricity will come back (it did the same minute the time for submission expired) was not best but still enjoybale. It was at least a nice practice and a good motivation to exted my horizons from sudoku only.