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prasanna16391
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1660
Country : India | Version 1 of the Instruction Booklet, with everything except Points Distribution, is available. |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1660
Country : India | Version 2 of the Instruction Booklet can be downloaded now.
Changes:
Added points distribution.
Fixed tester info (bad goof on my part, apologies to our testers)
Updated number of pages for Competition Booklet. |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1660
Country : India | Password protected Competition Booklet is uploaded. |
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auroux
Posts: 130
Country : France | auroux posted @ 2023-01-20 3:22 PM Oof.+This+isn't+the+SM+of+a+few+years+ago+anymore... |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1660
Country : India | %40auroux+it+is+more+or+less+representative+of+where+the+Indian+team+is.+In+the+last+WSC+we+were+without+Rohan+and+still+had+all+4+Indians+in+the+top+30%2c+with+young%2c+talented+and+capable+solvers.+While+some+of+the+18+Sudokus+should+be+beginner+friendly%2c+the+set+as+a+whole+should+challenge+our+best+to+get+better.+%0a%0aThe+PR+difficulty+largely+remains+the+same+because+we+haven't+seen+similar+growth+on+the+WPC+side+yet.+ |
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chocchip37
Posts: 6
Country : Australia | Agree+with+Prasanna+in+that+quite+a+few+beginner+friendly+sudokus+(classics%2c+thermos)+but+there+are+also+quite+a+few+challenges+-+notably+for+me%2c+the+6x6+diagonal+%2b+odd-even%2c+and+the+9x9+diagonal+%2b+extra+region. |
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chocchip37
Posts: 6
Country : Australia | Having just finished my last puzzle (a tricky 9x9 diagonal), I wanted to saw what an amazing job the Indian authors have done to provide us with a wonderful set of puzzles for SM 2023 Rd 1! Very much enjoyed the quadruples and there are a good mix of difficulties with some easier puzzles (classics, thermos) and some quite difficult ones (6x6 diagonal and odd-even, 9x9 diagonal and extra region). Can't wait for Rd 2 in a few weeks' time! :) |
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shogia
Posts: 3
Country : United States | shogia posted @ 2023-01-21 12:15 PM I+was+gushing+the+entire+time+I+was+doing+the+9x9+odd%2feven.+That+was+so+beautiful. |
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Leonardo024
Posts: 1
Country : The Netherlands | Spent+a+good+35+minutes+on+9x9+Extra+Regions+and+half+of+that+on+9x9+Thermo...+whoops+%3b)%0aBeautiful+set+tho%2c+very+fun+for+a+first+Sudoku+contest+%3a)%0aGonna+finish+the+remaining+puzzles+over+the+next+few+days!+%5e%5e+ |
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Peter_Maverick
Posts: 4
Country : India | Great+set.+My+fav+was+9x9+Odd-Even.+Never+thought+Odd-+Even+could+be+this+interesting+and+logic+was+exquisite.%0a |
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psymar
Posts: 1
Country : United States | psymar posted @ 2023-01-22 1:12 AM Unfortunately+I+only+got+four+puzzles+in+the+first+half+of+the+time...+and+then+my+brain+gave+out+and+I+couldn't+even+continue+trying.++Oh+well%3b+I'm+proud+of+myself+for+trying. |
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TiiT
Posts: 137
Country : Estonia | TiiT posted @ 2023-01-22 1:51 AM Oh+dear%2E+Just+typo+when+entering+my+last+digit+of+the+last+answer+key+%F0%9F%99%84 |
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DreamLibrarian
Posts: 6
Country : United States | What is the reasoning behind allowing coloring for some puzzles but not others? Why not let the solver decide when they want to color?
Surface coloring is turned on for Odd/Even and No Three in a Row, but not for anything else. I routinely color, for instance, in solving extra regions; since this isn't allowed, it's hampering my solve.
Edited by DreamLibrarian 2023-01-22 4:08 AM
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dennisc
Posts: 1
Country : United States of America | dennisc posted @ 2023-01-22 4:35 AM Wow%2c+that+6x6+diagonal+was+surprisingly+hard.+Unfortunately+I+messed+up+near+the+end+of+the+9x9+o%2fe+and+didn't+solve+it+%f0%9f%98%ad+Should+have+been+more+careful |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1660
Country : India | %40DreamLibrarian+Theres+nothing+%22disallowed%22+as+such.+It's+just+that+Odd+Even+more+commonly+uses+the+parity+coloring+so+I+added+the+tab+but+the+added+tab+is+also+a+slight+hindrance+to+the+solvers+who+don't+use+it+when+tabbing+through+options.+%0a%0aYou+are+very+much+allowed+to+simply+click+on+the+tab+space+in+the+top+right+and+check%2funcheck+the+options+you+feel+convenient+with.+Hope+this+helps+for+future+contests+%3a) |
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DreamLibrarian
Posts: 6
Country : United States | %f0%9f%91%8d |
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pranavmanu
Posts: 55
Country : India | Thank+you+to+the+authors+for+a+great+round.+I+really+enjoyed+cracking+the+Thermo+and+Odd-Even+9X9s%2c+and+the+diagonal+9x9+after+the+round.++Felt+that+the+9x9+Odd-Even+and+Diagonal+deserved+more+points.++Round+difficulty+was+on+the+higher+side%2c+should+get+used+to+this.%0aLooking+forward+to+the+next+one! |
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Neha1609
Posts: 3
Country : India | Thank+you+to+the+authors+for+the+challenging+round.+Liked+to+solve+the+puzzles.+Still+can+get+over+that+even+6x6+odd-even+puzzle+was+challenging.+Looking+forward+to+next+round. |
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kishy72
Posts: 412
Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2023-01-26 4:53 PM Wow . That was a pretty intense contest. Had to solve out of my skin to even manage that score. Diagonal 9x9 was absolutely brutal and staved me off from finishing it for an eternity. I felt completely stuck not even sure where to guess. It was a relief to finish it finally with a wild guess.
Thanks to Kumaresan, Hemant and Arun for the really nerve wracking round :). My favourites are Quadruple (9x9) and Thermo (9x9). |
Standard & Odd Even - 20th - 26th Jan 2023 - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier 2023