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An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2015-02-22 9:56 AM
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Posts: 157 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | akash.doulani posted @ 2015-02-22 10:03 AM Wonderful set of puzzles. Took too much time on the bigger touchy and hence thought that the smaller touchy would also be tough. As a result didn't attempt that since I was running out of time . After the test when I solved the 6x6 touchy , I realised it was probably the easiest of all the sudokus . | |||||||||||||||
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Posts: 43 ![]() ![]() Country : United States | davep posted @ 2015-02-22 11:42 AM
Cheers, Rajesh! I particularly liked the renban puzzles, and of course the touchy was near to my heart. Thanks for the contest, regards to Deb and the gang -- Dave | |||||||||||||||
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Posts: 774 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rakesh_rai posted @ 2015-02-22 12:02 PM atul singh - 2015-02-21 11:29 AM hi, i have played sudoku mahabharat on 20th feb. can't i play it on 21st feb. It is the same contest (Neighbours) which is open for a 96-hour period. Since you already took it on 20th, you cannot take it again. Watch out for the next Sudoku Mahabharat contest in March 2015. | |||||||||||||||
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An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2015-02-22 1:23 PM
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Posts: 18 Country : India | Yajendra posted @ 2015-02-22 4:10 PM I seem to have correct solution for inequality 9*9, but it shows wrong.. | |||||||||||||||
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Posts: 419 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2015-02-22 4:20 PM
Hi Rajesh!.The sudokus were absolutely splendid and I enjoyed solving them a lot.It was thorough fun.This must probably be the first test that you have solely authored in LMI?!and what an impressive start at that!The sudokus were very logically solveable and had smooth flowing solutions. My favourites of the pack were Touchy(14),Inequality(12)[I totally despise the Inequality variant of sudoku in general ,but you made me reconsider my preferences by constructing this particular one.It might have to do with the beautiful solve path..9-8-7-6...Great work!!] and the classic(10) which dragged me a little bit in the end.I continue to be amazed by the scope of improvement left in my classic solving style which I understood by solving the classic 10 pointer.I learnt a lot by solving this test. I look forward to solving your sudokus in the Indian round of the GP where you are one of the co-authors.Thanks a lot Rajesh.Highly impressed by your style of construction!! | |||||||||||||||
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Posts: 139 ![]() ![]() Country : Estonia | TiiT posted @ 2015-02-22 5:13 PM
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Posts: 8 Country : India | sonnylaskar posted @ 2015-02-22 6:26 PM The sudokus were nice. It would be helpful if someone could help me in approaching the Touchy Sodukus | |||||||||||||||
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Posts: 542 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2015-02-22 8:46 PM sonnylaskar - 2015-02-22 6:26 PM The sudokus were nice. It would be helpful if someone could help me in approaching the Touchy Sodukus For Touchy Sudoku try to start with 1 and 9 as 1 and 9 can has to be connected with 2 and 8 respectively. | |||||||||||||||
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Posts: 42 ![]() ![]() Country : Japan | Yuhei Kusui posted @ 2015-02-22 9:06 PM
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Posts: 542 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2015-02-22 9:09 PM Yajendra - 2015-02-22 4:10 PM I seem to have correct solution for inequality 9*9, but it shows wrong.. For your solution, check that all the inequality sign are followed properly. Missing even one inequality sign sometimes leads to wrong solution. | |||||||||||||||
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Posts: 542 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2015-02-22 9:10 PM swaroop2011 - 2015-02-20 10:21 AM Very Nice Puzzles rajesh !! For me it was bad performance, though i completed in time. I did lot of mistakes and got stuck in the Inequality big one (I guess that's my weak spot and need to improve upon that) Overall Excellent Puzzles. My favourite was QuadMax and Touchy big ones. Thanks Swaroop! Looking forward to next episode of SM where you are author. | |||||||||||||||
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Posts: 542 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2015-02-22 9:11 PM rakesh_rai - 2015-02-20 2:13 PM Nice test, Rajesh. I had almost forgotten how to solve Touchy and was solving it as a classic for some time. Inequality(6x6 and 9x9) and Touchy(9x9) took me close to 34 minutes. Luckily I was able to complete the set in time. The grids I liked the most were Renban 9x9 and Standard 9x9 (2). Thanks Rakesh for your feedback. | |||||||||||||||
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An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2015-02-22 9:28 PM
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Posts: 8 Country : India | sonnylaskar posted @ 2015-02-22 10:35 PM rajeshk - 2015-02-22 8:46 PM sonnylaskar - 2015-02-22 6:26 PM The sudokus were nice. It would be helpful if someone could help me in approaching the Touchy Sodukus For Touchy Sudoku try to start with 1 and 9 as 1 and 9 can has to be connected with 2 and 8 respectively. Can the adjacent consecutive neighbour belong to a separate 3x3 box? | |||||||||||||||
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Posts: 774 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rakesh_rai posted @ 2015-02-22 10:38 PM sonnylaskar - 2015-02-22 10:35 PM Yes, it can.rajeshk - 2015-02-22 8:46 PM sonnylaskar - 2015-02-22 6:26 PM The sudokus were nice. It would be helpful if someone could help me in approaching the Touchy Sodukus For Touchy Sudoku try to start with 1 and 9 as 1 and 9 can has to be connected with 2 and 8 respectively. Can the adjacent consecutive neighbour belong to a separate 3x3 box? | |||||||||||||||
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Posts: 139 ![]() ![]() Country : Estonia | TiiT posted @ 2015-02-22 11:11 PM I think renban was a bit of out of theme. It has actually nothing to do with the neighbours. Consecutive Sudoku would be more appropriate in this case in example. But the puzzles were nice and I have absolutely no problem with solving renban - It's actually one of my favourites because of what happened in Eger 2011 :) | |||||||||||||||
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Posts: 164 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Slovakia | greenhorn posted @ 2015-02-23 3:07 AM
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Posts: 6 Country : Belarus | Maksim posted @ 2015-02-23 3:18 AM
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2015-02-23 2:56 PM ExtensionBased on a request from a player, we are extending this contest till Wednesday morning. See submission page for exact timing. | |||||||||||||||
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Posts: 22 ![]() Country : ITALY | lenzo posted @ 2015-02-23 3:43 PM
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Posts: 225 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2015-02-23 5:10 PM Let me congratulate you on a test well done. The puzzles were great. This quibble is more of a general problem than a personal attack. I think Inequality Sudoku with all relations given is a bad puzzle, not because your particular puzzle is bad but the idea of having all relations given makes up for a very tedious 'puzzle'. One can either start with the 9s to 8s, 7 and so on... or from 1 to 2 to 3...and so on, and it becomes more of a laborious work than fun. ALL Inequality Sudoku where all relations are given works this way. I think a lot of Thai solvers have had enough of computer-generated Inequality Sudoku in our tournaments, and due to its nature any attempt at handmaking such puzzle goes unnoticed, the one in the test included. My recommendation to all future authors is to not give all relations and try to be more artistic. I can name puzzles from BIST, Tetsuya Nishio Cup and several in the Daily league - where authors present Inequality Sudoku substantially better with given numbers, patterns and more interesting solving paths than give all relations for solvers to track down 9s and 1s. I see the 6x6 puzzle has a few relations omitted out but the end result is still very boring to solve. Please don't take this personal Rajesh, I'm just trying convey an opinion. I have no problems with other puzzles, and I really enjoyed the test with Either Or Sudoku being my favourite. Thanks! | |||||||||||||||
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Posts: 542 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2015-02-23 5:55 PM @tamz29 Thanks for your feedback. It will help me to improve my Sudoku/Puzzle Creation skills. | |||||||||||||||
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Posts: 44 ![]() ![]() Country : Thailand | MrLiang posted @ 2015-02-23 9:14 PM
Only Greater or Less sign can make me confuse and touchy take long time, but the number clues (Heart) good idea. ^_^ And other puzzles are very good. Good jobs, Rajesh. |