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debmohanty
   
Country : India | As Amit mentioned in the other thread, LMI Monthly test for May 2010 will be organized on the weekend of 22-23rd May.
While we are working on the details, I thought I should share the types of Sudokus to expect.
There will be 6 twin Sudokus (so total 12 in number ). Each twin will be related by a rule. See Example Puzzle.
The test will have the following listed types
Classic
XV
No Knight Step
Trio
No Touch
Kropki
Consecutive
Touchy
Quadro
Symmetric Unequal
Small Neighbours
Odd Even
We'll post the details soon.
Deb
Example
Solutions
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debmohanty
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Administrator
Country : India | Now displaying the time in local time zone as well. Can the non-IST users check if it works properly / does not work?
2 places
1 ) http://logicmastersindia.com/M201005/ -> Login -> It should show a message below the "Start LMI Test..."
2 ) Click on the Timings tab. It should show local start and end.
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cnarrikkattu
Posts: 25
Country : United States | 1) works for me (Eastern Daylight Time GMT-4)
2) Timings tab does not update after login (so I see exactly "(Local Time : Start , End ) " ) .
Edited by cnarrikkattu 2010-05-18 9:02 PM
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vopani
Posts: 739
Country : India | vopani posted @ 2010-05-18 9:20 PM The numbers between grids represent the number of digits which are at the same cells in the corresponding row in both grids.
Will the puzzles have only 'row' givens? And not column givens? |
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Country : India | cnarrikkattu - 2010-05-18 9:02 PM
1) works for me (Eastern Daylight Time GMT-4)
2) Timings tab does not update after login (so I see exactly "(Local Time : Start , End ) " ) .
Thanks for checking. About 2 ), there must be a bug. will figure out. |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Rohan Rao - 2010-05-18 9:20 PM
The numbers between grids represent the number of digits which are at the same cells in the corresponding row in both grids.
Will the puzzles have only 'row' givens? And not column givens? Rohan,
The actual puzzles will be replica of the examples (except of course that the digits / hints will change )
does that clarify?
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Country : India | More than 150 downloads of the IB and more than 300 views of this thread.
Hopefully there will be significant number of participants too. Being a conservative, I would think around 60.
Any other guesses? Unfortunately, we can't be giving points for these guesses  |
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purifire
Posts: 460
Country : India | I agree with you Deb... With the past trends we can expect between 50 - 60 participants which will hopefully increase month on month. |
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vopani
Posts: 739
Country : India | vopani posted @ 2010-05-20 8:39 PM Thanks Deb.
I vote for 78 :-) |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Rohan Rao - 2010-05-20 8:39 PM
Thanks Deb.
I vote for 78 :-) 78 looks too high. I hope you will be right, and I'll be wrong  |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | My guess is 90 |
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Country : India | One player asked me how to remove pencil mark. So I think many players might not know this trick
 Did you know that pressing Control key while left clicking on a pencil mark removes that pencil mark?
Try that out today - You would might need it in the test if you are solving online.
Not sure if this is the best place to answer. May be we should open a separate thread for these 'FAQ' kind of questions. It will be helpful for new players. |
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vopani
Posts: 739
Country : India | vopani posted @ 2010-05-21 11:53 PM In Marked Quadro Sudoku, in the example from the IB, how can I make out that R7C5-R7C6-R8C5-R8C6 is NOT a 'Marked Quadro'? (Other than the noticeable square shape of the shaded cells? |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Rohan Rao - 2010-05-21 11:53 PM
In Marked Quadro Sudoku, in the example from the IB, how can I make out that R7C5-R7C6-R8C5-R8C6 is NOT a 'Marked Quadro'? (Other than the noticeable square shape of the shaded cells? Rohan, In the actual puzzle there won't be any 2X2 square which are adjoining to each other. Does that answer your question?
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Country : India | Password protected Sudoku Booklet is uploaded |
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vopani
Posts: 739
Country : India | vopani posted @ 2010-05-22 8:50 AM Ok :-) |
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tamz29
Posts: 225
Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2010-05-22 11:08 PM Greetings from Thailand!
Thanks for the great competition!
I liked the last twin :) |
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neerajmehrotra
Posts: 328
Country : India | i am not able to see the results.......getting blank page with result table only |
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Country : India | I was modifying something. sorry about that. can you check now?
your score is 505 (4th so far)
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neerajmehrotra
Posts: 328
Country : India | thanx......but the result sheet is still blank |
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Country : India | neerajmehrotra - 2010-05-23 2:31 AM
thanx......but the result sheet is still blank Neeraj, Are you still not able to see?
Anyone else having problems with result sheet? |
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Country : India | tamz29 - 2010-05-22 11:08 PM
Greetings from Thailand!
Thanks for the great competition!
I liked the last twin :)  and welcome to LMI monthly tests |
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neerajmehrotra
Posts: 328
Country : India | Administrator - 2010-05-23 10:35 AM
neerajmehrotra - 2010-05-23 2:31 AM
thanx......but the result sheet is still blank Neeraj, Are you still not able to see?
Anyone else having problems with result sheet?
Thanx...........Now its ok....... |
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neerajmehrotra
Posts: 328
Country : India | Hey Guys....
Today is Amit Sowani's Birthday........Amit ....Many Many Happy Returns of the Day....... |
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KimKing
Posts: 7
Country : Malaysia | KimKing posted @ 2010-05-23 1:11 PM |
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Ziti
Posts: 42
Country : United States | Ziti posted @ 2010-05-23 1:14 PM Thank you everyone, that was lots of fun. I look forward to this series of monthly tests.
Jason
N/B: Happy birthday to Amit! |
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Country : India | KimKing - 2010-05-23 1:11 PM
 that's was very hard.. I can't do anything..
sorry to hear that.
may be 2 things would have helped you
1. solving the the types which are new to you individually from other mocks (for example mock12 )
2. solving the example puzzles
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debmohanty
Country : India | Ziti - 2010-05-23 1:14 PM
Thank you everyone, that was lots of fun. I look forward to this series of monthly tests.
Jason
Jason,
 to LMI
and congratulations for getting 15 minutes bonus
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skywalker
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Country : Serbia | Deb, thanks for excellent puzzles.
I like combinations of different types in one or more grids.
Waiting for the June contest.
Branko |
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debmohanty
Country : India | skywalker - 2010-05-23 12:01 PM
Deb, thanks for excellent puzzles.
I like combinations of different types in one or more grids.
Waiting for the June contest.
Branko
Branko.
Congrats for getting all correct and bonus points. |
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Gotroch
Posts: 83
Country : Czech Republic | Gotroch posted @ 2010-05-23 1:54 PM Thank You Deb.
Very nice contest, one of the best here at logicmastersindia, I like the idea with twins very much. It was nice how the puzzles were linked together.
Looking forward to June contest :) |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Gotroch - 2010-05-23 1:54 PM
Thank You Deb.
Very nice contest, one of the best here at logicmastersindia, I like the idea with twins very much. It was nice how the puzzles were linked together.
Looking forward to June contest :)
Gotroch for your feedback and ratings.
I'm glad that you liked the puzzles
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neerajmehrotra
Posts: 328
Country : India | very less Indian participants???????????????? |
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Country : India | Congratulations to Jason, Nikola, Branko for topping in May Monthly Test.
Detailed results available here. Solution booklet is also uploaded.
Hope you enjoyed solving the Sudokus. Please spend a moment rating the Sudokus, if you have not done so yet.
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | Thanks Deb and Amit. This was undoubtedly THE best contest at LMI, in terms of the puzzle quality. The idea of Mastermind twins had turned out to be a masterstroke. Also, glad to see the high participation - my guess of 90 was fairly close (as the results show 92 participants - including Deb and Amit). |
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amitsowani
Posts: 349
Country : India | Thanks for the wishes guys.
I had a great day.
Hope you all had a good time solving the mock test too :)
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vopani
Posts: 739
Country : India | vopani posted @ 2010-05-23 8:51 PM Very nice puzzles Deb. You seem to be getting better and better, see 'age' DOES NOT matter :-)
Now big challenge for me to live up to what you have started :-) |
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amitsowani
Posts: 349
Country : India | Please dont keep reminding everyone about their age, especially on a day when im starting to feel too old :)
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Country : India | Thanks to all the participants.
Special thanks to Harmeet for pre-testing the site.
Fred gave me couple of tips on how to increase the participation from his TFOSCAWSC experience. Thanks Fred! |
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Fred76
Posts: 337
Country : Switzerland | Fred76 posted @ 2010-05-23 11:33 PM Administrator - 2010-05-23 9:40 PM
Thanks to all the participants.
Special thanks to Harmeet for pre-testing the site.
Fred gave me couple of tips on how to increase the participation from his TFOSCAWSC experience. Thanks Fred!
Thanks for giving me the possibility to play earlier. I made a lot of mistakes on this test. A lot of french players could not play, because we had a meeting this weekend and we prefer drink beer than play sudoku 
However, congrats to ours brun, calista and valsudo who try to do the test during this meeting !
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Nikola
Posts: 103
Country : Serbia | Nikola posted @ 2010-05-24 12:26 AM Deb, excellent puzzles! Classic sudoku for me was the hardest, I spent more than 20 minutes only to him. Congratulations to Jason and Branko.
Nikola
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David McNeill
Posts: 63
Country : United Kingdom | Deb,
The beautiful instruction booklet persuaded me that this was going to be the best online Sudoku competition to date and I wasn't disappointed. Really enjoyed solving all the puzzles. Found the anti-knight and touchy very hard but the consecutive easier than expected. Made a stupid mistake on Trio with a couple of minutes left. Congratulations to Jason, Nikola and Branko but especially congratulations to yourself. Worth getting up at 5.40am for.
David McNeill. |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Jason / Branko / Gotroch / Niokla / Rakesh / Rohan / Nikola / David,
Really appreciate your feedback / comments / ratings about the Sudokus.
As the author, it truly means A LOT to me.
Thanks so much.
Thanks to Ritesh / Zafer / Semax / Aditya / Maulef / KimKing for your ratings.
Deb
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debmohanty
Country : India | I was expecting more than 3 players to get bonus points, but I think bad mistakes cost bonus points to Michael, David, Gotroch, Frederique.
Gotroch would have got close to 25 minutes bonus points, had his 7 and 8 not swapped.
I think 2 hours was just perfect for the set of Sudokus. All thanks to Amit who tested and set the Time Limit of 2 hours. |
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debmohanty
Country : India | neerajmehrotra - 2010-05-23 3:14 PM
very less Indian participants???????????????? What can I say / do? Finally, we had close to 20, which is "ok" kinda number.
But the more concerning factor is there was only 1 in top 10, Congrats to Ritesh (who is getting back to form after WSC )
I chatted with both Rohan and Gaurav regarding their performance, which was way below my expectation.
I feel Indians are not taking it as seriously as others. [PS : This absolutely my personal opinion, not that of LMI's]
Also, probably thats the reason why some players just start the test and don't submit the answers. |
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purifire
Posts: 460
Country : India | Congrats to all the Toppers.... and 90 participants is really a high for LMI... Lets hope the number only increases.... Amit Belated Wishes buddy.... Sorry with my relocation back home I m out of Sync with things for a while :D Hope you had a blast :) |
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shopaholic
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Country : ITALY | The instruction booklet seemed very interesting.. but I couldn't partecipate...
I suggest that we can take the tests during periods of 48 hours.
Hope I don't miss the next one!
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Tejal Phatak
Posts: 81
Country : India | Excellent puzzles Deb!!!
The concept was really good, had a great time solving the puzzles! :) |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Tejal Phatak - 2010-05-24 7:06 PM
Excellent puzzles Deb!!!
The concept was really good, had a great time solving the puzzles! :) Thanks Tejal.
Learnt from Rohan that you had internet problems, and you could not submit because of that. Bad luck :- )
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Country : India | shopaholic - 2010-05-24 2:30 PM
The instruction booklet seemed very interesting.. but I couldn't partecipate...
I suggest that we can take the tests during periods of 48 hours.
Hope I don't miss the next one!
We'll try to make the next ones open for a longer period. |
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shopaholic
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Country : ITALY | Administrator - 2010-05-24 3:18 AM
We'll try to make the next ones open for a longer period.
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LMI Monthly Test - May 2010 - Mastermind Twins