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kishy72
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Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2015-03-15 2:43 PM Administrator - 2015-03-15 11:12 AM
shera90 - 2015-03-15 10:43 AM
kishy72 - 2015-03-13 7:54 PM
Hemant Kr Malani - 2015-03-13 7:46 PM
In the 9x9 Average Sudoku of the IB no cell is marked by horizontal or vertical lines
The rules state that "All possible lines are marked " .So if there are no lines it means that there are no such occurences of numbers which are average of their horizontal or vertical neighbours.
then it is classic sudoku ? isn't it ?
Classic sudoku with additional constraint that no cell is the average of its two vertical or horizontal neighbours. This is the "converse" rule for average.
Adding to that ,in due course of time,you will understand that the converse rule too plays a pivotal rule in many sudokus.At times,you will reach a stage where there won't be any progress attained by using the normal classic rules of sudoku but using the converse rule and realizing that a certain number won't be in a particular cell will help you make progress. |
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Hemant Kr Malani
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Country : India | ok...thank you |
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saravanan
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| rakesh_rai - 2015-03-14 6:55 PM
debmohanty - 2015-03-13 7:59 PM
Kishore is right. This particular example was selected intentionally to show that such puzzles can be made without any "circles" / "bars" / "lines", and are often part of championships. Since "The Sudoku booklet will look exactly like next 8 pages in this instruction booklet.", do we safely assume that there will be no horizontal or vertical "lines" in the PB too (for Average Sudoku )... |
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akash.doulani
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Country : India | Are the points distribution for converse out ? |
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swaroop2011
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Country : India | akash.doulani - 2015-03-19 9:20 AM
Are the points distribution for converse out ?
It's not out yet.
But it will be out soon. |
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swaroop2011
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Administrator
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Country : India | Points distributionsAn updated version of Instruction Booklet with points table is now uploaded.
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purvishah
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Country : India | Can I please get Hints to get started with kropki sudoku? |
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rakesh_rai
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Country : India | purvishah - 2015-03-21 12:01 AM
Can I please get Hints to get started with kropki sudoku?
Try to find a series of two or three black dots in succession within a row/column/box. They can be 124 or 248 (for 2 black dots ) and 1248 (for three black dots ). Normally you will get a contradiction with some of the possibilities and be able to proceed. Also, 5/7/9 cannot occupy a cell with a black dot. If there is no series of two or three dots, you may have to go ahead with pencilmarking of the cells containing black dots first, and proceed. In general, the starting hints are hidden in or around the cells with black dots. Also, if there is a long series of white dots in succession, they can also help start.
You can also look through the following discussions:
http://rohanrao.blogspot.in/2008/11/rules-of-kropki.html
http://www.sudokuxtra.com/forum/read.php?2,1138 |
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swaroop2011
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Country : India | With less than a hour left,
I would like to wish all participants BEST OF LUCK !
It's your last chance to come back and make it to finals.
I strongly recommend for all beginners to go through tricks and practice puzzles from the links shared in earlier posts.
Good Luck ! :)
Edited by swaroop2011 2015-03-21 4:54 AM
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2015-03-21 10:04 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? | 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 | |
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purvishah
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Country : India | rakesh_rai - 2015-03-21 12:57 AM
purvishah - 2015-03-21 12:01 AM
Can I please get Hints to get started with kropki sudoku?
Try to find a series of two or three black dots in succession within a row/column/box. They can be 124 or 248 (for 2 black dots ) and 1248 (for three black dots ). Normally you will get a contradiction with some of the possibilities and be able to proceed. Also, 5/7/9 cannot occupy a cell with a black dot. If there is no series of two or three dots, you may have to go ahead with pencilmarking of the cells containing black dots first, and proceed. In general, the starting hints are hidden in or around the cells with black dots. Also, if there is a long series of white dots in succession, they can also help start.
You can also look through the following discussions:
http://rohanrao.blogspot.in/2008/11/rules-of-kropki.html
http://www.sudokuxtra.com/forum/read.php?2,1138
Thanks a lot!! |
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kousek-nebe
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Country : Czech Republic | | 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 | |
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margareta456
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Country : Poland | | 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 hard 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 | |
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ghirsch
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Country : United States | ghirsch posted @ 2015-03-21 11:11 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? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
There were a lot of good variants in this test. I especially liked the average sudoku, which I had never seen before. Nice job with this, Swaroop. |
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zorko
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Country : Bulgaria | zorko posted @ 2015-03-22 2:03 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 | |
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sarwar0209
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Country : India | I am not able to solve online the puzzles. a message of submission not allowed is displayed. |
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Administrator
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Country : India | sarwar0209 - 2015-03-22 6:53 AM
I am not able to solve online the puzzles. a message of submission not allowed is displayed.
You might have cleaned your cache after starting the test.
Option 1 ) Open a new tab and submit there. (Don't close the old tab - you can copy the solution from the old tab )
Option 2 ) Submit using the text boxes (type the 2 rows in the text boxes ), if that works. |
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TiiT
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Country : Estonia | TiiT posted @ 2015-03-22 4:42 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? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
This test, I think, is a good way for beginners to join and start solving sudoku. Everything came out well and easily. Well done! |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2015-03-22 4:51 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? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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ingmanc
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Country : ITALY | ingmanc posted @ 2015-03-22 4:56 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? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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rajeshk
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Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2015-03-22 6:39 PM Nice puzzles Swaroop. I liked the mini Average Sudoku the most and this the Sudoku which took maximum time for me to solve. At the beginning, I was not getting any opening in this Sudoku and then once I found out the 6 cannot be on line then it went through and ending of this puzzle was interesting. It again took me time to use converse rule and put 1 and 3 at end.
Great puzzles and great job Swaroop, looking forward for more such tests from your side.
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greenhorn
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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? | 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 | |
Great puzzles... Thanks a lot, Swaroop! |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | Thank you all for all comments so far, I am glad and happy that you all enjoyed the test.
@ghirsch -- Yes average sudoku is not so commonly used but is a nice variant for Converse type.
@rajesh -- Thanks, I suppose if you would have the read the tips and tricks i have shared; you wouldn't have spent time on thinking for it. I also look forward to create more tests in future. :) |
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