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Country : India | Indian Puzzle Championship 2012 will be held online on 03-Jun (Sunday).
Details will be posted here soon. |
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Neeraj
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Country : India | Neeraj posted @ 2012-05-24 8:18 PM hey is this the final selection or else you are short listing the people like last time and then have a written test later? |
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Organisers
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Country : India | This is the only and final round for IPC 2012.
Notes
1) The Instructions booklet (puzzle types) is being finalized and can be expected around Monday
2) This will be a fixed window competition (starting at 2PM on 3rd June) unlike other events at LMI |
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diviraj
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Country : India | diviraj posted @ 2012-05-26 7:55 PM When will the national sudoku championship be? I am resident of chennai. Is there any qualifying round for it? |
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macherlakumar
Posts: 123
Country : India | diviraj - 2012-05-26 7:55 PMWhen will the national sudoku championship be? I am resident of chennai. Is there any qualifying round for it? Hi, As mentioned in one of the previous message, details will be announced whenever they are finalized, so please be patient  . Regards, Ravi |
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Organisers
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Country : India | No questions related to "Sudoku Championship" will be answered in this thread. |
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Organisers
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Country : India | Qualifying for WPC :
With a strong performance in the World Puzzle Championship 2011, Rohan Rao receives a wild card for the Indian team this year. So, the top three competitors of IPC 2012 will join Rohan and form the team that will represent India at the World Puzzle Championship 2012 which will be held in Croatia in October, 2012.
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vopani
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Country : India | vopani posted @ 2012-05-27 10:32 AM For Answer Key of Battleships, does the order of the coordinates matter? I don't suppose they do, but just in case an 'alphabetical-order' or something is required? |
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Organisers
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Country : India | Rohan Rao - 2012-05-27 10:32 AM
For Answer Key of Battleships, does the order of the coordinates matter? I don't suppose they do, but just in case an 'alphabetical-order' or something is required? Order does not matter. Alphabetical will be preferred, but with Battleships, we always end of checking the answers manually. |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | I think LOOP FINDER Variant - AROUND THE BLACK
has multiple solutions. The unused dots are correct. but the loop can formed in two ways.. Edited by swaroop2011 2012-05-27 10:17 PM
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debmohanty
Country : India | swaroop2011 - 2012-05-27 10:13 PM
I think LOOP FINDER Variant - AROUND THE BLACK
has multiple solutions. The unused dots are correct. but the loop can formed in two ways.. The puzzle has unique solution, but the given solution is not correct. |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | debmohanty - 2012-05-27 10:36 PM
swaroop2011 - 2012-05-27 10:13 PM
I think LOOP FINDER Variant - AROUND THE BLACK
has multiple solutions. The unused dots are correct. but the loop can formed in two ways.. The puzzle has unique solution, but the given solution is not correct.
Is mine solution correct :shown above. |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | swaroop2011 - 2012-05-27 11:50 PM
Is mine solution correct :shown above.
It is. And there is no other solution. IB has been changed accordingly I guess. |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | ok thanks :) |
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9rohand
Posts: 2
Country : India | 9rohand posted @ 2012-05-29 11:14 AM Organisers - 2012-05-02 12:33 PM
Indian Puzzle Championship 2012 will be held online on 03-Jun (Sunday).
Details will be posted here soon.
worst timing ever!!! I have CFA once a year exam falling on 3rd June (1st sunday of June ) and guess what...IPC falls on the same date.....
Please can people change the date to second sunday (10th June )? i would be highly obliged.
-Rohan Desai
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vopani
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Country : India | vopani posted @ 2012-05-29 11:17 AM 9rohand - 2012-05-29 11:14 AM
worst timing ever!!! I have CFA once a year exam falling on 3rd June (1st sunday of June) and guess what...IPC falls on the same date.....
Please can people change the date to second sunday (10th June)? i would be highly obliged.
-Rohan Desai
I don't think the dates can change once its announced. Btw, does your exam time clash? (2:00pm-4:30pm? ) |
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9rohand
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Country : India | 9rohand posted @ 2012-05-29 11:21 AM yup!! its 9-12 and 2-5...so no chance there! |
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macherlakumar
Posts: 123
Country : India | Hi Organisers,
I will be giving the test from an internet center. I have few questions regarding the login
Will there be multiple logins allowed ?
If there is a power outage or network issue can I login (from different system) with no loss in the data that I have submitted prior to the issue(s) ?
I remember something like this were previously answered in the forum, but not able to find it.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Ravi
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Organisers
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Country : India | macherlakumar - 2012-05-29 11:35 AM
I will be giving the test from an internet center. I have few questions regarding the login
Will there be multiple logins allowed ?
Multiple players can login from same computer. There will be a logout button at the bottom of the page (Similar to No Numbers test )
macherlakumar - 2012-05-29 11:35 AM
If there is a power outage or network issue can I login (from different system) with no loss in the data that I have submitted prior to the issue(s) ?
There will be no loss of data that is already submitted. |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Will there be any practice puzzles from Prasanna / Swaroop? |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | debmohanty - 2012-05-29 6:29 PM
Will there be any practice puzzles from Prasanna / Swaroop?
Maybe. I was planning to, but I've not been well recently. If I'm fine, I'll make a few tomorrow hopefully. |
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swaroop2011
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Country : India | debmohanty - 2012-05-29 6:29 PM
Will there be any practice puzzles from Prasanna / Swaroop?
I wanted to. But from past 2-3 days i am not at home. Mostly tomorrow i will be at home so will try to create few and post the link here : ) |
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maxxuk
Posts: 3
Country : India | maxxuk posted @ 2012-05-30 10:27 AM This is the first time I am planning to take this competition; Hence need some additional inputs.
How do I make the submission of completed puzzle?
Is there an illustrated method to do this?
Do I need to scan the puzzle & upload?
The total time is 150 mts..for printing, solving & uploading?
Appreciate your response - Thanks - Mahesh
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forcolin
Posts: 172
Country : ITALY | Is participation open to players of countries different from India?
Edited by forcolin 2012-05-30 12:20 PM
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | forcolin - 2012-05-30 12:20 PM
Is participation open to players of countries different from India?
I guess yes participation is open to all players irrespective of country. |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | maxxuk - 2012-05-30 10:27 AM
This is the first time I am planning to take this competition; Hence need some additional inputs.
First welcome to LMI and best of luck for your first test. : )
maxxuk - 2012-05-30 10:27 AM
How do I make the submission of completed puzzle?
There is an answer key to each puzzle. It is there in Instruction Booklet. After Solving the Puzzle You form the answer key according to answer key rules given under each puzzle in Instruction Booklet. This key you have to enter on the LMI interface or championship page where you will start this test.
The total time is 150 mts..for printing, solving & uploading?
Yes. Total 150 minutes including printing,solving and entering Answer keys.
No need of any uploading or scanning. |
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maxxuk
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Country : India | maxxuk posted @ 2012-05-30 12:38 PM Is there a sample available from previous year competition that I can get access to? Specifically on Answer Keys? - Thanks for your prompt responses
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prasanna16391
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Country : India | Erm, you can check out the instruction booklet of this one itself, the examples have the answer keys given along with them.
Hope you saw this page http://logicmastersindia.com/IPC2012/ . The instruction booklet is available there, puzzle booklet will be made available later and will have rows and columns marked just like the instruction booklet.
Also, IPC 2010 was also held like this. You can check out the puzzle booklet here http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/?test=IPC2010 but there are no solutions or anything I think.
Just to confirm related to an earlier query, this is open to all foreign participants as well, only difference being of course, that you won't be eligible for selection into team India ; ) Edited by prasanna16391 2012-05-30 12:57 PM
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maxxuk
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Country : India | maxxuk posted @ 2012-05-30 2:04 PM Thanks for the responses...one final query though ....( the information booklet is indeed quite useful), once after solving the puzzles, I need to log in and enter the answer keys in given fields? or do I keep the window active for the entire duration to update the answer keys?
These questions may look silly for some one who has been participating for a while, it can still help novices like me.
Thanks & Regards
Mahesh
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Organisers
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Country : India | maxxuk - 2012-05-30 2:04 PM
Thanks for the responses...one final query though ....( the information booklet is indeed quite useful), once after solving the puzzles, I need to log in and enter the answer keys in given fields? or do I keep the window active for the entire duration to update the answer keys?
The puzzle booklet (pdf file with actual puzzles ) will be password protected. To open this file, you need a password.
You can see this password after you click on "Start IPC 2012" on 3rd June at 2:00PM.
After you get the password, you can open the pdf, print, solve. After solving, you can enter the answer keys in the given fields.
You don't need to keep the window active for the whole duration. After you get the password, you can safely close the window and reopen it only when you need to submit. |
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prasanna16391
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jayantshaq
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Country : India | Hello organizers,
I would like to know whether citizens of India temporarily residing abroad are eligible to be a part of the Indian team. For instance, if someone is doing a PhD abroad or is posted to another country for a couple of years, are they eligible? |
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purifire
Posts: 460
Country : India | jayantshaq - 2012-05-31 1:28 AM
Hello organizers,
I would like to know whether citizens of India temporarily residing abroad are eligible to be a part of the Indian team. For instance, if someone is doing a PhD abroad or is posted to another country for a couple of years, are they eligible?
You are still eligible as long as you hold an Indian passport : )
Rishi |
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Organisers
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Country : India | jayantshaq - 2012-05-31 1:28 AM
Hello organizers,
I would like to know whether citizens of India temporarily residing abroad are eligible to be a part of the Indian team. For instance, if someone is doing a PhD abroad or is posted to another country for a couple of years, are they eligible? Nationality is determined by citizenship, not residence. |
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jayantshaq
Posts: 6
Country : India | Thanks for the quick response :) |
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macherlakumar
Posts: 123
Country : India | Hi All,
Please follow the link http://math.berkeley.edu/~auroux/frwpc10/ for some practise puzzles (Part I and Part II only ).
Part I:
1. Battleships
2. Skyscrapers
3. Lop Finder
4. Star Battle
Part II:
1. Easy as ABC
2. All Alone (Hitori )
3. Fences
4. Loop Finder
Thanks and Regards,
Ravi |
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macherlakumar
Posts: 123
Country : India | Hi All, For all the new members, here is the link for Tapa practise puzzles http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/dl.asp?view=1&attachmentid=22...The puzzles are sorted from easy to hard, So I recommend you to do it in the same way. NOTE :
1. Please use the booklet for practising the puzzles only.
2. These puzzles are from a competition previously held at LMI and that competition has nothing to do with the IPC 2012 except for using the puzzles for practise.
3. Please ignore Page 1 of the PDF booklet.
4. Please do not ask any questions about that competition in this thread. |
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mathcrazy
Posts: 35
Country : India | In the sample puzzle for Coded TomTom given in the instruction booklet, the first number should be AH+, right? It's given as AF+, which doesn't lead to a proper solution. |
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macherlakumar
Posts: 123
Country : India | Hi All,
Few more practise puzzles
http://math.berkeley.edu/~auroux/frwpc08/round1.pdf
1. Battleships 5. Loopfinder 6. End view (As Easy As ABC)
http://math.berkeley.edu/~auroux/frwpc08/round2.pdf
4. All Alone (Hiroti)
http://math.berkeley.edu/~auroux/frwpc08/round3.pdf
2. Pearls (Masyu)
http://math.berkeley.edu/~auroux/frwpc11/epr1-en.pdf
7. Hitori (All alone) 9. Skyscrapers 11. Easy as 1-2-3 (As Easy As ABC) 12. Fences (slitherlink)
http://math.berkeley.edu/~auroux/frwpc11/epr4-en.pdf
4. Kakuro
Let me know in case of any concerns.
Thanks and Regards,
Ravi |
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PuzzleScot
Posts: 31
Country : United Kingdom | Hi,
In the past, IPCs have been open for a longer period to allow international participation. (eg, in parts of USA, it will start at 3:30am).
Will there be the option this year to participate later in the day, or even another day for other nationalities competing as guests? |
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swaroop2011
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Organisers
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Country : India | PuzzleScot - 2012-05-31 4:27 PM
Hi,
In the past, IPCs have been open for a longer period to allow international participation. (eg, in parts of USA, it will start at 3:30am).
Will there be the option this year to participate later in the day, or even another day for other nationalities competing as guests?
Yes, we'll keep it open for Monday midnight GMT time (just like other LMI tests ) for international participation. |
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PreetiSar
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Country : United States | Hi.. I am an Indian living in USA... I want to take part in IPC 2012. Since the test is from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm, it will be morning 4:30 am here. What I wanted to know is, will a printer be required or will it be more convenient to solve it if we print the puzzles out on paper? If that is so I will have to run to lab early in the morning :( .... please do give me some suggestions regarding this.. thanx |
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dickoon
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Country : United Kingdom | dickoon posted @ 2012-05-31 9:44 PM Organisers - 2012-05-31 5:20 PM
Yes, we'll keep it open for 24 hours (after it starts) for international participation. Excellent decision! Much appreciated, thank you very much. |
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Administrator
Country : India | dickoon - 2012-05-31 9:44 PM
Organisers - 2012-05-31 5:20 PM
Yes, we'll keep it open for 24 hours (after it starts) for international participation. Excellent decision! Much appreciated, thank you very much. We'll keep it open till Monday midnight GMT time (just like other LMI tests ) for international participation to avoid any confusion. |
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prasanna16391
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Country : India | PreetiSar - 2012-05-31 9:27 PM
Hi.. I am an Indian living in USA... I want to take part in IPC 2012. Since the test is from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm, it will be morning 4:30 am here. What I wanted to know is, will a printer be required or will it be more convenient to solve it if we print the puzzles out on paper? If that is so I will have to run to lab early in the morning :( .... please do give me some suggestions regarding this.. thanx
A printer helps, and its always best to solve on paper speed-wise, but then, you can easily do it on paint/some similar tool as well. If you want to optimize your performance, you're probably better off with a printer and should probably decide if you can go to the lab early, but as long as you are logically sound in solving the puzzles, it won't affect you a huge lot. I gave IPC 2010 and numerous LMI tests before April on paint : ) |
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prasanna16391
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mathcrazy
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Country : India | I'm a resident of India. I would like to know if we must definitely start the puzzles at 2 pm, or can we start it later, say at 6 pm, provided we complete it within 2.5 hours? |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | mathcrazy - 2012-05-31 11:51 PM
I'm a resident of India. I would like to know if we must definitely start the puzzles at 2 pm, or can we start it later, say at 6 pm, provided we complete it within 2.5 hours?
If you want to be eligible for Selection to Team India, and be in the official Indian IPC results, you should start it at 2 PM and you have till 4.30. It is open for longer mainly for International participants to enjoy the competition at their convenience. |
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Tejal Phatak
Posts: 81
Country : India | Are both Battleships going to be Classic? No variant? |
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Organisers
Posts: 175
Country : India | Tejal Phatak - 2012-06-01 5:22 PM
Are both Battleships going to be Classic? No variant? Both Battleships have same rules. |
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utkaarsh
Posts: 89
Country : India | I thought a 15 minute window is available as per IB, it says for IPC answers will not be accepted after 16.45, referring to previous comments by Prasanna
Pls confirm
Edited by utkaarsh 2012-06-01 5:37 PM
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Tejal Phatak
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Country : India | You can start between 2pm and 2.15pm anytime, latest being 2.15pm if you want to make use of complete 150 minutes. |
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Yokipi
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Country : United States | Yokipi posted @ 2012-06-01 8:35 PM Sorry, a bit of a semantics clarification question... Instruction Booklet - Masyu: "and it may not visit all cells" Does this imply that a solution cannot visit all cells, or simply that it is not a requirement that all cells must be visited? Edited by Yokipi 2012-06-01 8:36 PM
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Organisers
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Country : India | Yokipi - 2012-06-01 8:35 PM
Sorry, a bit of a semantics clarification question... Instruction Booklet - Masyu: "and it may not visit all cells" Does this imply that a solution cannot visit all cells, or simply that it is not a requirement that all cells must be visited? It is not a requirement to visit all cells.
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Organisers
Posts: 175
Country : India | Announcements
• Password protected pdf is uploaded.
• It has 16 pages. There is no cover page or points table. The booklet doesn't have example puzzles.
• Players are advised to download the booklet prior to "Starting IPC".
• There is no bonus points.
• There is no "Claim Bonus" or "I am done" button.
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rajeshk
Posts: 542
Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2012-06-02 11:00 PM Just one clarification.
I hope Coded TomTom follows instructions of previous TomTom puzzle which says that Place digits from 1 to N where is the size of the grid. In the coded TomTom examples digits from 1-5 (N=5) are not placed.
I am hoping that this is just an example. In the actual puzzle we have to put numbers from 1 to N?
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Tejal Phatak
Posts: 81
Country : India | No Rajesh, the numbers need not be 1-N, they can be any set of numbers provided A<B<C<D<E |
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Yokipi
Posts: 5
Country : United States | Yokipi posted @ 2012-06-03 12:43 AM Another somewhat trivial clarification question... For Kakuro, "Digits must not repeat within any sum." if the column/row clue is blank (i.e. there is no sum ), does the rule still hold?  |
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Country : India | rajeshk - 2012-06-02 11:00 PM
Just one clarification.
I hope Coded TomTom follows instructions of previous TomTom puzzle which says that Place digits from 1 to N where is the size of the grid. In the coded TomTom examples digits from 1-5 (N=5) are not placed.
I am hoping that this is just an example. In the actual puzzle we have to put numbers from 1 to N?
Tejal's response is correct. |
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Organisers
Posts: 175
Country : India | Yokipi - 2012-06-03 12:43 AM
Another somewhat trivial clarification question... For Kakuro, "Digits must not repeat within any sum." if the column/row clue is blank (i.e. there is no sum ), does the rule still hold? Yes, the rule is still valid. |
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rajeshk
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Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2012-06-03 8:33 AM Tejal Phatak - 2012-06-02 11:18 PM
No Rajesh, the numbers need not be 1-N, they can be any set of numbers provided A
Thanks for the quick reply.
Then can 0 be part of the numbers. e.g. if 2 is given as hint. Can this be formed as 2+0?
Edited by rajeshk 2012-06-03 8:34 AM
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Organisers
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Country : India | rajeshk - 2012-06-03 8:33 AM
Thanks for the quick reply.
Then can 0 be part of the numbers. e.g. if 2 is given as hint. Can this be formed as 2+0?
Yes.
If the rules are written independently, here is how it will be -
All the digits from 0-9 have been replaced with the letters A to J with each letter representing a unique digit. Place a single digit from the set A, B, C, D, E, and F with A < B < C < D < E < F into each cell so that no digit repeats in any row or column. The value in the upper-left of each bold region indicates the result after some mathematical operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division ) is applied to the numbers in that region. Numbers can repeat in a region provided they do not repeat in any row or column. Zero cannot be the first digit of a multi-digit number.
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rajeshk
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Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2012-06-03 9:44 AM Thanks for the quick reply and clearing my doubts.
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Organisers
Posts: 175
Country : India | Question in email -
In 2D Mastermind, can the letters repeat?
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adityasaraf007
Posts: 45
Country : India | A quick query.... In TomTom, can there be more than 1 mathematical operation in a particular region....For eg. in Puzzle J1 of Instruction Booklet.... the Bottom Right Corner covers 3 cells and the resultant figure is 4.... Can it be construed as: 4 = (2 * 1) + 2 instead of 4 = 2 * 1 * 2..... And if someone could explain Inside Skyscraper to me.... It went above my head....
Edited by adityasaraf007 2012-06-03 1:29 PM
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Organisers
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Country : India | adityasaraf007 - 2012-06-03 1:26 PM
A quick query.... In TomTom, can there be more than 1 mathematical operation in a particular region....
No |
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purifire
Posts: 460
Country : India | adityasaraf007 - 2012-06-03 1:26 PM
A quick query.... In TomTom, can there be more than 1 mathematical operation in a particular region....For eg. in Puzzle J1 of Instruction Booklet.... the Bottom Right Corner covers 3 cells and the resultant figure is 4.... Can it be construed as: 4 = (2 * 1) + 2 instead of 4 = 2 * 1 * 2..... And if someone could explain Inside Skyscraper to me.... It went above my head....
The inside skyscraper is a bi-directional view. that is, if you are standing in any of the cells, in one direction you can view say X skyscrapers, and in the opposite direction you can view Y number of skyscrapers. the sum of X and Y is the number clue given.
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adityasaraf007
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Country : India | Organisers - 2012-06-03 1:27 PM adityasaraf007 - 2012-06-03 1:26 PMA quick query.... In TomTom, can there be more than 1 mathematical operation in a particular region.... No Thanks..... One down two to go.....Now, I have doubts in Inside Skyscraper and Tapa.... First priority is Inside Skyscraper.... Can someone explain it.... http://logicmastersindia.com/forum/images/emoticons/smile_teeth.gif |
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adityasaraf007
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Country : India | purifire - 2012-06-03 1:33 PM adityasaraf007 - 2012-06-03 1:26 PMA quick query.... In TomTom, can there be more than 1 mathematical operation in a particular region....For eg. in Puzzle J1 of Instruction Booklet.... the Bottom Right Corner covers 3 cells and the resultant figure is 4.... Can it be construed as: 4 = (2 * 1) + 2 instead of 4 = 2 * 1 * 2..... And if someone could explain Inside Skyscraper to me.... It went above my head.... The inside skyscraper is a bi-directional view. that is, if you are standing in any of the cells, in one direction you can view say X skyscrapers, and in the opposite direction you can view Y number of skyscrapers. the sum of X and Y is the number clue given.Rishi Thanks.... Inside Skyscraper done.... Got the logic... Need to solve the one given in IB....Can you also clear Tapa.... |
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prasanna16391
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Country : India | adityasaraf007 - 2012-06-03 1:36 PM
purifire - 2012-06-03 1:33 PM adityasaraf007 - 2012-06-03 1:26 PMA quick query.... In TomTom, can there be more than 1 mathematical operation in a particular region....For eg. in Puzzle J1 of Instruction Booklet.... the Bottom Right Corner covers 3 cells and the resultant figure is 4.... Can it be construed as: 4 = (2 * 1) + 2 instead of 4 = 2 * 1 * 2..... And if someone could explain Inside Skyscraper to me.... It went above my head.... The inside skyscraper is a bi-directional view. that is, if you are standing in any of the cells, in one direction you can view say X skyscrapers, and in the opposite direction you can view Y number of skyscrapers. the sum of X and Y is the number clue given.Rishi Thanks.... Inside Skyscraper done.... Got the logic... Need to solve the one given in IB....Can you also clear Tapa....
Well what exactly is your difficulty in Tapa? Basically, taking a 3x3 group of cells, there are 8 cells around a cell, as long as its not an edge/corner. A clue says how many of the 8 cells around it have to be colored in. |
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adityasaraf007
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Country : India | prasanna16391 - 2012-06-03 1:41 PMWell what exactly is your difficulty in Tapa? Basically, taking a 3x3 group of cells, there are 8 cells around a cell, as long as its not an edge/corner. A clue says how many of the 8 cells around it have to be colored in. Thanks.... That cleared some of the doubts.... Understood what needs to be done..... Let me give a try to solve the one given in IB.... Thanks.... and sorry to bother all of you at the last moment..... : ) |
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neerajmehrotra
Posts: 329
Country : India | All the best to all participants!!! |
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rajeshk
Posts: 542
Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2012-06-03 1:55 PM Best of luck to everyone participating in IPC 2012.
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | All the best everyone. |
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abhi265645
Posts: 10
Country : India | not able to get password. please help
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Organisers
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Country : India | abhi265645 - 2012-06-03 2:11 PM
not able to get password. please help
You have to login and click on "Start IPC2012"
From the database log I see that you have not clicked on "Start" yet. |
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Kashyap
Posts: 1
Country : India | Kashyap posted @ 2012-06-03 2:21 PM very bad format... cant sole puzzles on a pdf... |
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devarajand
Posts: 114
Country : India | Bad luck. I dont have power to take printout
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nikku.mathew
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debmohanty
Country : India | nikku.mathew - 2012-06-03 2:25 PM
Where do we get the password from?? I still dont know where to click "Start ipc" Go to http://logicmastersindia.com/IPC2012/
You should be able to see login boxes there |
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tarun.ambition
Posts: 2
Country : India | I am unable to get password.
Please help |
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Organisers
Posts: 175
Country : India | tarun.ambition - 2012-06-03 2:28 PM
I am unable to get password.
Please help Go to http://logicmastersindia.com/IPC2012/
You should be able to see login boxes there
You have to login and click on "Start IPC2012"
From the database log I see that you have not clicked on "Start" yet. |
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tarun.ambition
Posts: 2
Country : India | but there is no such link instead of that there is showing "started"
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abhi265645
Posts: 10
Country : India | any other way to get password. |
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forcolin
Posts: 172
Country : ITALY | Tarun.ambition, if you see "started" look at the left hand side of the screen there should be a clock running and the password nearby
Edited by forcolin 2012-06-03 2:44 PM
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rvarun
Posts: 268
Country : India | rvarun posted @ 2012-06-03 3:38 PM Hi
Is comma there in the answer format of Battleship ?
Example : If XX YY ZZ and WW are answer then answer must be XX,YY,ZZ,WW or XXYYZZWW ? |
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Organisers
Posts: 175
Country : India | rvarun - 2012-06-03 3:38 PM
Hi
Is comma there in the answer format of Battleship ?
Example : If XX YY ZZ and WW are answer then answer must be XX,YY,ZZ,WW or XXYYZZWW ? It doesn't matter. Both will be awarded points. Edited by Organisers 2012-06-03 3:52 PM
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Organisers
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | i have completed my test but i think no one else submitted.
now to check the result again it says wait for 30 min to check again.
is there any other way that i can check it now again. |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | Read the post above. |
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nikku.mathew
Posts: 2
| I hav been tryin for the past 2.5 hrs and still havent been able to see the login boxes tat u guys are talking abt. M really sorry for this inconvenience |
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rajibrborah
Posts: 8
Country : India | Dear Swaroop,
Regarding your message:
"i have completed my test but i think no one else submitted.
now to check the result again it says wait for 30 min to check again.
is there any other way that i can check it now again."
Please see the post directly above yours:
Subject: RE: Indian Puzzle Championship 2012 @ 2012-06-03 4:24 PM (#7399 - in reply to #7185):
"Note : You can view only your score" |
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jayantshaq
Posts: 6
Country : India | No chance to get credit for an incorrectly inputted digit, is there, in an answer key of many digits? Not that it'll make much difference, I fear :I |
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neerajmehrotra
Posts: 329
Country : India | jayantshaq - 2012-06-03 4:41 PM
No chance to get credit for an incorrectly inputted digit, is there, in an answer key of many digits? Not that it'll make much difference, I fear :I
You have an option to claim your points on the score page...put your claim there and let the organisers decide about your score and claim. |
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jayantshaq
Posts: 6
Country : India | Oh, hmmm. Okay, thanks. |
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jayantshaq
Posts: 6
Country : India | To the organizers: I would like to put in a claim to have my E1 answer adjudged correct, even though there was an error in entering the last digit of the answer key. I'm making this claim here as I no longer (temporarily) have access to my results page, having refreshed it soon after seeing it. |
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Organisers
Posts: 175
Country : India | jayantshaq - 2012-06-03 4:57 PM
To the organizers: I would like to put in a claim to have my E1 answer adjudged correct, even though there was an error in entering the last digit of the answer key. I'm making this claim here as I no longer (temporarily) have access to my results page, having refreshed it soon after seeing it.
To all players : We'll review all wrong answers (irrespective of claimed or not ). But please allow us few hours. |
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Organisers
Posts: 175
Country : India | Puzzles can be rated now. |
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Neeraj
Posts: 12
Country : India | Neeraj posted @ 2012-06-03 5:18 PM hey we had a power cut over here, because of that I had to start the competition late.. will I be considered for the championship or not? |
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Organisers
Posts: 175
Country : India | Neeraj - 2012-06-03 5:18 PM
hey we had a power cut over here, because of that I had to start the competition late.. will I be considered for the championship or not?
As long as you were able to make submissions between 2 PM and 4.45 PM, those submissions will be counted. |
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jayantshaq
Posts: 6
Country : India | Anyway, it was rather enjoyable. Thank you. |
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vopani
Posts: 739
Country : India | vopani posted @ 2012-06-03 5:25 PM Thanks to the organisers (or rather, organiser) for conducting IPC 2012. As always, puzzles were great.
Some of the puzzles that were exceptionally good are: Inside Skyscrapers, Coded TomTom, Battleships 2, Coloured Star Battle, Tapa Borders and Masyu.
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debmohanty
Country : India | Considering the official 16:45 (IST) cut-off time : here are the top 4 Indians
1) Rohan Rao
2) Prasanna Seshadri
3) Amit Sowani
4) Rakesh Rai
Congratulations guys.
Complete results will be out later in the night.
Please note : The championship is still open for international players. So don't post something like "Puzzle X" was extremely hard or very easy. |
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purifire
Posts: 460
Country : India | debmohanty - 2012-06-03 5:39 PM
Considering the official 16:45 (IST) cut-off time : here are the top 4 Indians
1) Rohan Rao
2) Prasanna Seshadri
3) Amit Sowani
4) Rakesh Rai
Congratulations guys.
Complete results will be out later in the night.
Please note : The championship is still open for international players. So don't post something like "Puzzle X" was extremely hard or very easy.
Congrats Rohan, PS Amit and Rakesh... Good to see Amit back in action : ) |
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macherlakumar
Posts: 123
Country : India | Thanks to all the Organizers, Authors, puzzle testers and LMI team, for a wonderful competition.
I have enjoyed all the puzzles that I have solved. I am shocked to see that I have submitted answers with no errors.
And regarding the power cut, Yes there are power cuts at many places at around 2, even I had power cut, So I have completely relied on my laptop backup and MS Paint.
Regards,
Ravi |
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rajibrborah
Posts: 8
Country : India | Congratulations to Rohan, Prasanna, Amit & Rakesh !
Best of luck for Croatia.
Best of luck to the rest of international participants who are/will-be participating non-competitively ! |
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vopani
Posts: 739
Country : India | vopani posted @ 2012-06-03 5:47 PM Congrats to Prasanna, Amit and Rakesh!
Thanks Rishi, Rajib :-)
Yes, it is indeed nice to see Amit back. Its been a long time and its been due :-)
So, this might be a 'new' (married) Amit ;-)
Edited by Rohan Rao 2012-06-03 5:49 PM
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | I have now come 2nd to Rohan on the National stage too. I'm officially the best at coming 2nd to Rohan :P
I really enjoyed the set of puzzles. Made some silly errors, and probably not my best performance, but happy with it nonetheless.
Congrats Rohan, Amit, Rakesh. :) |
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neerajmehrotra
Posts: 329
Country : India | Congrats Rohan, Prassanna, Amit and Rakesh.....
A very well deserved win especially from Prassana.....whose performance has drastically improved in last one year.....I am sure he must have given a tough fight to rohan......
A very warm welcome back to Amit and Rakesh...great guys....Best of Luck...Croatia Calling... |
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Tejal Phatak
Posts: 81
Country : India | Congrats Rohan, Prasanna, Amit and Rakesh :) |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | neerajmehrotra - 2012-06-03 5:52 PM
I am sure he must have given a tough fight to rohan......
No don't say that, I just said I wasn't too happy with my performance :P
Thanks Rajib, Rishi, Rohan, Tejal, Neeraj : ) Edited by prasanna16391 2012-06-03 5:56 PM
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utkaarsh
Posts: 89
Country : India | Guys congrats, expectedly Rohan and Rajesh were in the top 4, Good to see Amit come back and prasanna's fast upmove is very commendable !! |
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vopani
Posts: 739
Country : India | vopani posted @ 2012-06-03 6:21 PM Thanks Prasanna, Neeraj, Tejal, Utkaarsh.
@Utkaarsh
Rajesh (unfortunately) is not in top 4. 4th is Rakesh Rai.
Edited by Rohan Rao 2012-06-03 9:10 PM
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adityasaraf007
Posts: 45
Country : India | Congratulations guys!!!!! Rohan, Prasanna, Amit, Rakesh!!!!!!!! Good Luck for the World Championships.... :)
Personally, I tried my hand at Puzzles/Sudoku after almost a year.... and quite enjoyed this Sunday Afternoon...... although the performance was below par......
Thanks to the organizers/authors for conduction this IPC.... Now, looking forward to ISC..... :) |
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utkaarsh
Posts: 89
Country : India | My miss , thanks for correcting Rohan
All the best guys !!
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aakashk9
Posts: 4
Country : India | Congrats Rohan, prasanna, Amit and rakesh..!! :D
I am sure you guys are gonna rock in WPC.. :)
This was my 1st ever test on LMI and I loved the puzzles..!! (Though most of them were very new to me.. :P) |
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amitsowani
Posts: 349
Country : India | Thanks to Deb for single handedly organising the test this year.
And thanks to the authors who have created some wonderful puzzles.
It is great to see Prasanna's strong performance (under par as he would put it.)
After IPC 2011 I had told him that I would participate the following year and he can expect stiffer competition to make it to the team.
Looks like he took it very seriously :P
Also goes to show how much practice of not only solving but also puzzle creation helps in a great way.
Congrats Rohan on retaining the title :)
And most happy to see Rakesh, with him we definitely can form a team that can challenge the top few teams.
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vopani
Posts: 739
Country : India | vopani posted @ 2012-06-03 7:30 PM amitsowani - 2012-06-03 7:11 PM
And most happy to see Rakesh, with him we definitely can form a team that can challenge the top few teams.
I agree that the top 4 this year is close to what I think is India's current strongest team. I say 'is close to' and not 'the best' because it is difficult to replace Rajesh, considering his experience (This is probably the first time in a decade that he isn't in the main team ).
But Prasanna has been in good form with his recent improvement, Rakesh has been one of the most consistent top Indians at LMI and Amit still has the best Indian rank at a WPC, so the team is surely a stronger one compared to the last few years... |
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zachpuzzle
Posts: 14
Country : United States | Thanks so much for extending international players time, i did not want to wake up at 4:30 in the morning :)
Also, congrats to the top four! Good luck. |
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rvarun
Posts: 268
Country : India | rvarun posted @ 2012-06-03 7:54 PM Congrats guys.. :)
A great thumbs up for the organizers. Perfectly organised and a nice set of puzzles. |
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rvarun
Posts: 268
Country : India | rvarun posted @ 2012-06-03 9:34 PM Can we see our personal rank ? |
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neerajmehrotra
Posts: 329
Country : India | rvarun - 2012-06-03 9:34 PM
Can we see our personal rank ?
Pls refer post #7414 where it is mentioned that results will be out later in the night.... |
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rajeshk
Posts: 542
Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2012-06-03 10:16 PM Congrats to Rohan, PS, Amit and Rakesh. You people make a strong Indian Team. It is really nice to see comeback of Amit. PS is improving from last 6 months and I am sure that by WPC time, he will be best among world in solving puzzles. From last few years Indian Team was missing Rakesh. His presence this year will make a strong team.
I will be missing Team India this year but I will be supporting Indian team by creating puzzles for practice during WPC time.
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | Thanks Utkarsh, Rajesh, Amit, others.
Amit, I did take it quite seriously. :P When the year started, I just wanted to be in the team, but with recent performances it was inevitable my expectations would be more, no matter how much I tried to downplay it. And considering I did make about 9 errors, counting the ones where I erased and got it right the 2nd time, I say its below par. But considering previous years, and considering I always make errors( :P ), I agree its a very satisfying result. Another positive I can take from this is every puzzle I made an error in has a similar trend to it. So its quite clear where to improve ;) |
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Nikola
Posts: 103
Country : Serbia | Nikola posted @ 2012-06-03 10:36 PM Congratulations, Rohan! It seems Indian R-factor is going on!
Congrats to all team! I hope to see you in Croatia.
Nikola
Edited by Nikola 2012-06-03 10:38 PM
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debmohanty
Country : India | Full score page now available. |
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Para
Posts: 315
Country : The Netherlands | Para posted @ 2012-06-04 1:08 AM The guess the author selections disappear when they disappear from sight as you scroll downwards or upwards to select the rest. |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Para - 2012-06-04 1:08 AM
The guess the author selections disappear when they disappear from sight as you scroll downwards or upwards to select the rest. Yes. Will fix that.
(All your 'guesses' are recorded though ) |
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Para
Posts: 315
Country : The Netherlands | Para posted @ 2012-06-04 1:14 AM I had been randomly assigning some to test what was happening in the end.
I do see I have good timing as I was just now randomly checking if the full score page was up for the first time today by clicking the results link. apparently it´s just been uploaded. |
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macherlakumar
Posts: 123
Country : India | Congrats to Rohan, Prasanna. Amit and Rakesh. Good luck for WPC 2012.
Regards,
Ravi |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | Congrats to Rohan,prasanna,amit and rakesh. Best of luck for WPC 2012.
After seeing the whole scorepage it seems satisfactory that i am at that position because I know with what conditions i have appeared for the test. It seems that 1 puzzle mistake if was correct then i would have been in.
anyways nice experience and thanks to all authors,Deb,LMI for organizing IPC 2012. |
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amitsowani
Posts: 349
Country : India | Great performance by Swaroop too, narrowly missing out on the top 4.
A few days before the IPC I has spoken to Rajesh and he had correctly predicted the top 5 and he had mentioned your name.
Being away from the scene I was not aware that you have been doing so well.
Good to see you in the mix of things. Makes for stiffer competition for making it to the team in future years. |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Para - 2012-06-04 1:08 AM
The guess the author selections disappear when they disappear from sight as you scroll downwards or upwards to select the rest. It is fixed now.
Thanks to those who have already played "Guess-the-authors". We expect others to participate as well. |
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macherlakumar
Posts: 123
Country : India | Intersting fact
The top 5 Indian positions in No Numbers and IPC 2012 are identical.
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | macherlakumar - 2012-06-04 5:52 PM
Intersting fact
The top 5 Indian positions in No Numbers and IPC 2012 are identical.
The number of wrong submissions made by the 2nd placed individual are also identical. Very interesting indeed. |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | macherlakumar - 2012-06-04 5:52 PM
Intersting fact
The top 5 Indian positions in No Numbers and IPC 2012 are identical.
The mistakes by 5th person are also same :P
also the gap between 4th and 5th person is small. : ) in both cases. |
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MellowMelon
Country : United States | You may want to edit that image out for now; how many puzzles were solved by some contestants is a bit too much information for someone who hasn't taken the test yet. |
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macherlakumar
Posts: 123
Country : India | MellowMelon - 2012-06-04 6:32 PMYou may want to edit that image out for now; how many puzzles were solved by some contestants is a bit too much information for someone who hasn't taken the test yet. Sorry I forgot to remove them, I usually take care of such things. I think its already removed. Regards, Ravi |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Indian Puzzle Championship 2012 is now over.
Congratulations again to Rohan, Prasanna, Amit and Rakesh.
Rohan played really well, but pressure did him in and he couldn't solve one puzzle although he had 7+ minutes in hand.
Prasanna kept making mistakes in every LMI test and continued to do the same in IPC as well. Hope he gets rid of this good habit soon.
When Amit told me that he wants to participate this year, I was extremely happy for him. But I was not sure if he had enough practice. He certainly proved me wrong.
We have always considered Rakesh as the dark horse and he finally proved his worth in a national championship.
It is bit harsh for Swaroop who was just 10 points - a single puzzle away for 4th position, but I'm sure he can improve a lot in coming years.
A total of 128 Indians participated during the official period. Thank you everyone.
Here is the link to official results : http://logicmastersindia.com/IPC2012/score.asp
Edited by debmohanty 2012-06-05 9:16 AM
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debmohanty
Country : India | Among international players, top 3 positions go to deu, Kota and uvo. deu played extremely well to finish all puzzles in 84 minutes. ( I also want to thank deu for taking IPC earlier to check any problems in submission site. )
Obviously, the timing was decided keeping Indian players in target. So 150 minutes might have seemed too long for many international players. Many players completed all 30 puzzles (some with few mistakes ). I hope everyone enjoyed the puzzles.
Here is the link to complete results : http://logicmastersindia.com/IPC2012/score.asp?type=Complete
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debmohanty
Country : India | Guess-The-Authors is now closed for voting. |
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Organisers
Posts: 175
Country : India | Here are the voting results of the Guess The Authors:
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Some comments:
- As Easy As ABC and Square Division were the only pairs that had different authors for the two puzzles.
- Palmer's Slitherlinks, Serkan's Kakuros and Thomas' TomToms were probably the easiest to guess due to the practise puzzles on their respective blogs.
- It is surprising to see Palmer get many votes for Tapa (when Serkan is part of list of authors)
- It looks like Thomas' set of 6 puzzles were the easiest set to guess.
- Serkan's Mastermind votes are the least.
- Star Battle was probably the toughest puzzle to vote for.
Thanks for voting and hope you enjoyed this little game. |
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puneet245
Posts: 2
Country : India | Thanks to the authors and organisers for conducting so smoothly!!!! the puzzles wer really nice....good mix of easy and hard puzzles..had a great time solving them .... few puzzles wer new to me ... solving aftr almost 2+ yrs...hope to participate regularly now :) !!! Congrats to all the winners !!!! |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Congratulations to Bram for winning Guess-The-Authors contest. He got 24 correct (he mainly missed the Masterminds and Star Battles ).
Here is the list of all players who have voted for at least 15 puzzles.
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Para
Posts: 315
Country : The Netherlands | Para posted @ 2012-06-05 12:01 PM Hey, I won something. |
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vopani
Posts: 739
Country : India | vopani posted @ 2012-06-05 12:13 PM Para - 2012-06-05 12:01 PM
Hey, I won something.
You won No Numbers, and now Guess The Author. You're on a roll! |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | debmohanty - 2012-06-05 9:11 AM
Prasanna kept making mistakes in every LMI test and continued to do the same in IPC as well. Hope he gets rid of this good habit soon.
Not just LMI tests. There's really something thats gone horrible wrong with me recently.  |
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vjain9
Posts: 44
Country : India | vjain9 posted @ 2012-06-05 2:14 PM Sirs,
It was a pleasure participating in the NPC 12 . Congratulations on conducting it so very smoothly and glitch free !
I stood at 108 rank ( not sure what rank among indians ). While I have been participating in the WPC online every year - would it be possible for me to attend the next WPC - Croatia ( at my own expense ) but as a standby ( or some other way ) part of TEAM INDIA ?
Vivek, Baroda |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | Coming to the puzzles, there were some really good quality ones there. I loved the Borders one most, but then I'm biased towards Tapa. I made a marking error in Colored Star Battle due to the double set of markings required, but its still easily one of my favorites in the set. I loved the way the F Pentominos worked. A lot of the puzzles I just rushed through in 30-40 seconds like Masyu and Tapa, so couldn't fully appreciate them in the competition scenario. Liar Slitherlink was another I really liked with the full grid being used to give a nice solving path.
I made an error on every single Number/letter entry puzzle other than Classic Kakuro and Classic Sudoku, but I still liked the Gapped Kakuro best amongst these.
My favorite 5 would be :
Borders, Colored Star Battle, Liar Slitherlink, Gapped Kakuro, Graffiti Snake/Snake(can't make up my mind on that one :P )
Thanks to all the organizers, authors, test solvers. I really enjoyed this one, and its my first break-into the top 4 in an Indian Championship so I've finally managed to convince myself to be happy about it :P |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | vjain9 - 2012-06-05 2:14 PM
Sirs,
It was a pleasure participating in the NPC 12 . Congratulations on conducting it so very smoothly and glitch free !
I stood at 108 rank ( not sure what rank among indians ). While I have been participating in the WPC online every year - would it be possible for me to attend the next WPC - Croatia ( at my own expense ) but as a standby ( or some other way ) part of TEAM INDIA ?
Vivek, Baroda
You can definitely participate as an "unofficial". This depends on how many slots are remaining for unofficials as per limitations of the hosts I think. Your ranking won't be counted in any of the official score cards, and I don't think you can be part of Team India. I was unofficial last year and made my own "United Nations" team just for participating. While we weren't counted in official rankings, we got the lowest possible score and enjoyed every bit of it. Edited by prasanna16391 2012-06-05 3:59 PM
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Organisers
Posts: 175
Country : India | Link to Puzzle Booklet (without password ) and Solutions: Link
Edited by Organisers 2012-06-06 9:46 AM
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g p sharma
Posts: 1
Country : India | please send me the marks of IPC 2012
thanks |
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debmohanty
Country : India | g p sharma - 2012-06-06 5:55 PM
please send me the marks of IPC 2012
thanks How? |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | g p sharma - 2012-06-06 5:55 PM
please send me the marks of IPC 2012
thanks
Maybe he just means the score page. Click on the "IPC 2012" link at the top of the page. |
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sanket.saxena
Posts: 48
Country : India | Any info regarding this year's event ???? |