@ 2013-08-13 12:33 PM (#12284 - in reply to #7911) (#12284) Top | |
Posts: 24 Country : India | lakshmisv posted @ 2013-08-13 12:33 PM I am a beginner, and I want to have exposure to the different sudoku variations. Can anybody suggest any links with rules & examples/techniques for this? Thanks |
@ 2013-08-13 12:55 PM (#12287 - in reply to #12284) (#12287) Top | |
Posts: 123 Country : India | macherlakumar posted @ 2013-08-13 12:55 PM lakshmisv - 2013-08-13 12:33 PM I am a beginner, and I want to have exposure to the different sudoku variations. Can anybody suggest any links with rules & examples/techniques for this? Thanks Hi, This may help you in what you are looking for List of Sudoku contests held so far: http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/downloads.asp?puzzleTypes=S List of Sudoku/Puzzle sites/blogs: http://logicmastersindia.com/home/?g=links Regards, Ravi |
@ 2013-08-14 12:13 PM (#12302 - in reply to #7911) (#12302) Top | |
Posts: 1803 Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2013-08-14 12:13 PM August Beginners' Sudoku ContestTypesHere are the types for the August Edition of LMI Beginners' Sudoku Contest - http://logicmastersindia.com/BeginnersSudoku/types/?test=B201308Following up on the recent Times Championship's regional rounds, we are revisiting Odd-Even Sudoku, Trio Sudoku and Diagonal Sudoku. We are also revisiting 7x7 Irregular Sudoku, instead of Alphabet Sudoku used in the above mentioned regional rounds. Dates21st - 26th August (including both dates)Author :All 8 Sudokus are written by the World Sudoku Champion, Jan Mrozowski.Submission Link |
@ 2013-08-14 4:11 PM (#12303 - in reply to #7954) (#12303) Top | |
Posts: 12 Country : India | playee posted @ 2013-08-14 4:11 PM This sounds really great. I took my first shot at Sudokus seriously in the Times Sudoku Championship and then tried to solve at the ISC held on 11th Aug' 2013. I really enjoyed it though I stumbled a lot since this was my first participation in an online championship like this. Couldnt crack through in the beginning and lost lot of precious moments. It took quite some time for the puzzles to appear and I thought I was making some mistakes and kept going back to instruction booklet again and again. Just a request......It would be great if you could handhold a bit in the steps to play the championship online without a printer. The instruction needed little more elaboration. Again only a request, since there could be more people like me who are interested in participating but not quite going past the steps quickly. Thanks again for starting the beginners championship. Looking forward to it...will participate definitely. |
@ 2013-08-14 4:29 PM (#12304 - in reply to #12303) (#12304) Top | |
Country : India | debmohanty posted @ 2013-08-14 4:29 PM playee - 2013-08-14 4:11 PM This sounds really great. I took my first shot at Sudokus seriously in the Times Sudoku Championship and then tried to solve at the ISC held on 11th Aug' 2013. I really enjoyed it though I stumbled a lot since this was my first participation in an online championship like this. Couldnt crack through in the beginning and lost lot of precious moments. It took quite some time for the puzzles to appear and I thought I was making some mistakes and kept going back to instruction booklet again and again. Hi Can you go to http://logicmastersindia.com/BeginnersSudoku/ ? Login, and click on "Start Classics". The Sudokus take a while to load, but not more than 10-15 seconds. Does it take more time for you? You need to scroll a bit to see the sudokus. playee - 2013-08-14 4:11 PM Just a request......It would be great if you could handhold a bit in the steps to play the championship online without a printer. The instruction needed little more elaboration. Again only a request, since there could be more people like me who are interested in participating but not quite going past the steps quickly. Thanks again for starting the beginners championship. Looking forward to it...will participate definitely. Online solving takes a while to get used to. That is reason we had enabled some examples to be solved online. The key board / mouse controls are described here. Other than that it is more of practice than anything else. If you have any specific question / request, please post here again and one of us will help you out. |
@ 2013-08-14 4:53 PM (#12306 - in reply to #7911) (#12306) Top | |
Posts: 12 Country : India | playee posted @ 2013-08-14 4:53 PM Thanks Deb....I did go to the link provided by you above which led to the instructions and steps provided for June Beginners Championship. I have one more question...In step 3, it says using the password provided below the timer, the Sudoku booklet can be unlocked. Now how to use this passwork, click on it or paste it somewhere....Actually on Aug 11th, I was frantically clicking on it and a couple of other tabs not knowing exactly what to do with it. And lo! it just worked....but didn't know how...hence now this question to you, so I don't repeat this again. Thanks in advance again. |
@ 2013-08-14 5:00 PM (#12307 - in reply to #12306) (#12307) Top | |
Country : India | debmohanty posted @ 2013-08-14 5:00 PM playee - 2013-08-14 4:53 PM Password is not to be used by players who are solving online. You can simply ignore it. Thanks Deb....I did go to the link provided by you above which led to the instructions and steps provided for June Beginners Championship. I have one more question...In step 3, it says using the password provided below the timer, the Sudoku booklet can be unlocked. Now how to use this passwork, click on it or paste it somewhere....Actually on Aug 11th, I was frantically clicking on it and a couple of other tabs not knowing exactly what to do with it. And lo! it just worked....but didn't know how...hence now this question to you, so I don't repeat this again. Thanks in advance again. If you are solving on paper, you need to download the "Sudoku Booklet", which is a password protected pdf file. When you click on "Start Classics" (or Start ISC), we display the password. Using this password, you can open the pdf file and print and start solving on paper. So, to repeat, if you are solving online, you don't need to do anything with the password. Some of the documentation may be little out-dated or may not be clear enough. We have been running these tests for so long that everything just seems natural to us. So, feel free to point out any oddity that you notice anywhere, and we will rectify it as needed. |
@ 2013-08-14 5:08 PM (#12308 - in reply to #12287) (#12308) Top | |
Posts: 24 Country : India | lakshmisv posted @ 2013-08-14 5:08 PM Thanks Ravi for the links |
@ 2013-08-14 5:32 PM (#12309 - in reply to #7911) (#12309) Top | |
Posts: 12 Country : India | playee posted @ 2013-08-14 5:32 PM Thanks again Deb and one more request! Can you put me on some links where I can practice online solving. I came across a lot of archives with sample sudokus in PDF form....but I guess practicing online would be better in terms of pre-preparation prior to the ensuing Beginner's Championship on 21st Aug, 2013. Thanks again in advance. |
@ 2013-08-14 6:37 PM (#12311 - in reply to #12309) (#12311) Top | |
Country : India | debmohanty posted @ 2013-08-14 6:37 PM playee - 2013-08-14 5:32 PM You are right that all the archived tests are only in pdf-form. As of now, the June Beginners Test and ISC 2013 are available for practicing online. But I guess you have practiced both of them already. Thanks again Deb and one more request! Can you put me on some links where I can practice online solving. I came across a lot of archives with sample sudokus in PDF form....but I guess practicing online would be better in terms of pre-preparation prior to the ensuing Beginner's Championship on 21st Aug, 2013. Thanks again in advance. We did put lot of interactively solvable sudokus here - http://logicmastersindia.com/puzzles/ but it has been a while since anything new was added there. |
@ 2013-08-15 3:55 AM (#12324 - in reply to #12302) (#12324) Top | |
Posts: 337 Country : Switzerland | Fred76 posted @ 2013-08-15 3:55 AM Oh it's been a long time since I have not solved a sudoku created by Jan. Last time, it suited me rather well . |
@ 2013-08-21 9:00 AM (#12395 - in reply to #7911) (#12395) Top | |
Posts: 35 Country : United States | FoxFireX posted @ 2013-08-21 9:00 AM First time I've managed to actually submit all 8 in the beginner's contest before time, so hooray for that! Question, though; according to the results, it looks like I migrated into the Seasoners category at some point recently. The beginner/seasoner label doesn't really mean a whole lot to me, but I didn't think I had met any of the criteria for promotion yet, plus I don't seem to be on the list of seasoners. Is that where I'm supposed to be now, or was there a glitch in the categories? Edited by FoxFireX 2013-08-21 9:00 AM |
@ 2013-08-21 9:08 AM (#12396 - in reply to #7911) (#12396) Top | |
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2013-08-21 9:08 AM Looks like some glitch... Will look into it. We have already found few glitches after we had the Beginners Masyu contest. |
@ 2013-08-21 7:37 PM (#12398 - in reply to #7911) (#12398) Top | |
Posts: 12 Country : India | playee posted @ 2013-08-21 7:37 PM Hi! I managed to submit all 8 sudokus correcty but not within time! I am still happy participating in the beginner's championship. Just wanted to know how the points are calculated. Thanks. |
@ 2013-08-21 7:42 PM (#12399 - in reply to #12398) (#12399) Top | |
Country : India | debmohanty posted @ 2013-08-21 7:42 PM playee - 2013-08-21 7:37 PM Each sudoku has fixed number of points. If you submit it before 40 minutes, you get full points. Otherwise, you get half of the points. That is the reason you have got full points for Classic 1,2,3, Diagonal, Irregular, but half points of Classic 4, Odd Even, Trio. Hi! I managed to submit all 8 sudokus correcty but not within time! I am still happy participating in the beginner's championship. Just wanted to know how the points are calculated. Thanks. Also, you get 1 minute penalty for every wrong attempt (which you didn't have) |
@ 2013-08-21 7:49 PM (#12400 - in reply to #7911) (#12400) Top | |
Posts: 12 Country : India | playee posted @ 2013-08-21 7:49 PM Thanks Deb. I really appreciate your patience to explain each and every query raised!! It was great fun playing the contest. Hope the next one is organised soon. Waiting eagerly for the same!! |
@ 2013-08-22 6:26 AM (#12402 - in reply to #12395) (#12402) Top | |
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2013-08-22 6:26 AM FoxFireX - 2013-08-21 9:00 AM Can I ask you to logout in the Beginners page, and login again? It should ask if you are a Beginner or Seasoner. First time I've managed to actually submit all 8 in the beginner's contest before time, so hooray for that! Question, though; according to the results, it looks like I migrated into the Seasoners category at some point recently. The beginner/seasoner label doesn't really mean a whole lot to me, but I didn't think I had met any of the criteria for promotion yet, plus I don't seem to be on the list of seasoners. Is that where I'm supposed to be now, or was there a glitch in the categories? The database somehow has lost the record of you being Beginner or Seasoner. If you logout and login again, it would repeat the question. |
@ 2013-08-22 8:17 AM (#12403 - in reply to #12402) (#12403) Top | |
Posts: 35 Country : United States | FoxFireX posted @ 2013-08-22 8:17 AM Administrator - 2013-08-21 7:26 PMCan I ask you to logout in the Beginners page, and login again? It should ask if you are a Beginner or Seasoner. The database somehow has lost the record of you being Beginner or Seasoner. If you logout and login again, it would repeat the question. Done. Looks like it's set up correctly again now. Thanks! (Now I just have to repeat that performance and I get bumped up anyway.) |
@ 2013-08-26 5:07 PM (#12448 - in reply to #7911) (#12448) Top | |
Posts: 12 Country : France | distri posted @ 2013-08-26 5:07 PM Hello Deb It's not really important but why I am never on the list of the participants ? |
@ 2013-08-26 5:27 PM (#12449 - in reply to #12448) (#12449) Top | |
Country : India | debmohanty posted @ 2013-08-26 5:27 PM distri - 2013-08-26 5:07 PM I can see your name. Are you able to view the score page, but your name is not there?Hello Deb It's not really important but why I am never on the list of the participants ? |
@ 2013-08-27 6:14 AM (#12461 - in reply to #7911) (#12461) Top | |
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2013-08-27 6:14 AM August Beginners' Sudoku Contest is over. Password removed from the booklet. Prasanna will post a summary soon. |
@ 2013-08-27 11:51 AM (#12466 - in reply to #12461) (#12466) Top | |
Posts: 1803 Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2013-08-27 11:51 AM The August Edition of the Beginners' Sudoku Contests had 364 participants, including 179 Indians. It seems that the high number of Indians could be due to all the offline contests happening here recently. We hope everyone, newcomers and regulars alike, had a good time of it. The Top 3 Beginners are Regina (Estonia), sa3664 (Shalini Arora) (India) and beartan (Seunro Joo) (South Korea). The Top 3 Seasoners are TiiT (Estonia), jaku111 (Czech Republic) and Gotroch (Czech Republic). Congrats to all the winners, and thank you all for participating! On a personal note, I was a test solver for this Beginners' Contest. I noted that the Trio is harder than most Trios out there, and I thought thats a good thing, because concentrating on 2-3 numbers at a time is one of the best ways to learn new techniques for a Beginner (in my opinion). If anyone does want to know how to finish off the Trio or any other of the 8 Sudokus, feel free to post in the forum, one of us will help you out. |
@ 2013-08-27 11:53 AM (#12468 - in reply to #7911) (#12468) Top | |
Posts: 1803 Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2013-08-27 11:53 AM Oh and of course, Thanks to Jan Mrozowski for preparing these two quality sets :) |
@ 2013-08-27 6:43 PM (#12472 - in reply to #7911) (#12472) Top | |
Posts: 337 Country : Switzerland | Fred76 posted @ 2013-08-27 6:43 PM Vunk family monopolized the 1rst place in both category, haha ! |
@ 2013-08-27 9:11 PM (#12473 - in reply to #7911) (#12473) Top | |
Posts: 25 Country : India | dp_94 posted @ 2013-08-27 9:11 PM hey according to my results,I should be promoted to seasoners category but my name isn't on the list of seasoners. |