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

purifire - 2010-09-09 2:07 PM

rajeshk - 2010-09-09 1:57 PM

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

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

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

Hope this clarifies.

Thanks Rishi
In fact this was clear from the instructions itself. Sorry for confusion.

@ 2010-09-09 2:42 PM (#1615 - in reply to #1614) (#1615) Top

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

No Problem :)

@ 2010-09-09 3:31 PM (#1616 - in reply to #202) (#1616) Top

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

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

@ 2010-09-09 3:59 PM (#1617 - in reply to #1616) (#1617) Top

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

anurag - 2010-09-09 3:31 PM

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

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

Rishi

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

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

I believe so much effort has been spent on it by the Organizers that you cannot just ridicule it. As mentioned by Rishi, most of these puzzles are standard ones. And if you are serious enough and have been trying puzzles long enough, you would know the rules of a puzzle just by the name of it. And if not, you cannot comment on others efforts.

@ 2010-09-09 7:20 PM (#1619 - in reply to #202) (#1619) Top

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

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

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

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

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

@Anurag

I think if u google the various puzzle types u can get lot of samples.... so instead of depending on organizers please find some links and post them for the benefit of the public.....

@ 2010-09-09 8:03 PM (#1621 - in reply to #202) (#1621) Top

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

Most of the standard puzzles can be found at

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

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

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

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

@ 2010-09-09 9:55 PM (#1624 - in reply to #202) (#1624) Top

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

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

@ 2010-09-09 10:06 PM (#1625 - in reply to #1622) (#1625) Top

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

neerajmehrotra - 2010-09-09 9:45 PM

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

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

Rishi

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

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

neerajmehrotra - 2010-09-09 9:55 PM

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

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

Rishi

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

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

thanx a lot Rishi.......
concept of the puzzles is really nice (though I am not very gud at them)..........looking forward for the competition...

@ 2010-09-09 10:29 PM (#1629 - in reply to #1628) (#1629) Top

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

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

@ 2010-09-09 11:14 PM (#1630 - in reply to #1629) (#1630) Top

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

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

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

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

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

Rishi

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

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

neerajmehrotra - 2010-09-09 9:55 PM

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

The size of the puzzle can be estimated for some of the puzzles
Easy as ABCD is(A~D) in final puzzle.
Dominos is (0~8) in final puzzle.
You can safely assume that Kakuro will not be as small as the puzzle given in the example

@ 2010-09-09 11:23 PM (#1633 - in reply to #1622) (#1633) Top

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

neerajmehrotra - 2010-09-09 9:45 PM

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

@neeraj

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

The rule only states that in the combination cannot be repeated in any horizontal 3X1 box or any vertical 3X1 box.

@ 2010-09-09 11:53 PM (#1634 - in reply to #202) (#1634) Top

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

thanx Amit....

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

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

rajeshk - 2010-09-09 8:03 PM

Most of the standard puzzles can be found at

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

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

@ 2010-09-10 10:48 AM (#1638 - in reply to #1635) (#1638) Top

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

neerajmehrotra - 2010-09-10 9:37 AM

rajeshk - 2010-09-09 8:03 PM

Most of the standard puzzles can be found at

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

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

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

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

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

Instructions translated in Chinese available here - http://www.sudokufans.org.cn/forums/index.php?showtopic=110 - Thanks to Minfang Lin

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

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

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

The puzzle booklet contains 15 pages, 1 cover page, 1 points page, followed by 13 pages of puzzles.

@ 2010-09-11 10:03 PM (#1649 - in reply to #1648) (#1649) Top

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

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

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