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rajeshk
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 | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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sonnylaskar
Posts: 8
Country : India | 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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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | sonnylaskar - 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? Yes, it can. |
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TiiT
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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greenhorn
Posts: 164
Country : Slovakia | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many easy puzzles | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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Maksim
Posts: 6
Country : Belarus | Maksim posted @ 2015-02-23 3:18 AM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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Administrator
 
Country : India | 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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lenzo
Posts: 22
Country : ITALY | lenzo posted @ 2015-02-23 3:43 PM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many easy puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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tamz29
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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rajeshk
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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MrLiang
Posts: 44
Country : Thailand | MrLiang posted @ 2015-02-23 9:14 PM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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. |
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azalozni
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Country : Slovenia | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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Yajendra
Posts: 18
Country : India | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | representation could have been better | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many medium difficult puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2015-02-24 3:15 PM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2015-02-24 10:42 PM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | |
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Country : India | Neighbours Variations is over now. Password has been removed, and solutions appended to the pdf.
Congratulations to jaku111, Tiit and kwaka for taking the Top 3 spots. |
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huisouvik
Posts: 4
Country : India | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2015-02-27 9:20 PM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | representation could have been better | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many easy puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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sonnylaskar
Posts: 8
Country : India | I am trying to solve Touchy (6x6) and I am struck here.Need some hint in progressing.I am sure if I make one more cell, it will be done. |
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sonnylaskar
Posts: 8
Country : India | I am trying to solve Touchy (6x6 ) and I am struck here.Need some hint in progressing.I am sure if I make one more cell, it will be done.  (Touchy.png)Attachments ----------------  Touchy.png (18KB - 0 downloads) |
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rvarun
Posts: 268
Country : India | rvarun posted @ 2015-02-28 4:38 PM sonnylaskar - 2015-02-28 4:09 PM
I am trying to solve Touchy (6x6) and I am struck here.Need some hint in progressing.I am sure if I make one more cell, it will be done.
Check R1C1. You can have a 1 or 6 here. If you put 1, the neighbor cell R2C1 will be 5 or 6 and R1C2 is already 3. This violates the touchy rule. So it must be 6 here. Try proceeding from here. |
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sonnylaskar
Posts: 8
Country : India | rvarun - 2015-02-28 4:38 PM
sonnylaskar - 2015-02-28 4:09 PM
I am trying to solve Touchy (6x6) and I am struck here.Need some hint in progressing.I am sure if I make one more cell, it will be done.
Check R1C1. You can have a 1 or 6 here. If you put 1, the neighbor cell R2C1 will be 5 or 6 and R1C2 is already 3. This violates the touchy rule. So it must be 6 here. Try proceeding from here.
Ya I didn't notice that. |
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shera90
Posts: 71
Country : India | shera90 posted @ 2015-03-03 7:58 PM where are the full solutions for neighbours ? |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | shera90 - 2015-03-03 7:58 PM
where are the full solutions for neighbours ?
Sudoku booklet (PB ) has the password removed and solutions appended. Edited by rakesh_rai 2015-03-03 11:26 PM
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