Firstly, as mentioned in the instructions booklet (page 4), the difficulty of an example is not necessarily reflective of the difficulty of the corresponding competition Sudoku.
About the overall difficulty of different rounds, we have tried to match with that of the online rounds.

In round 2 , will there be odd Sudoku or odd even Sudoku ? Because its mentioned odd Sudoku in the ib , but the example is of odd even Sudoku

It will be Odd Even. The example is correct, the points table is not. Will fix the points table.

ETA: Fixed IB.

Edited by debmohanty 2015-05-01 2:59 PM

With just few days left, I wish all the participants best of luck. :)

For the relay round can the hints of Sudoku 1 be distributed to Sudoku 3? I think hints of Sudoku 1 can only go to Sudoku 2 and from Sudoku 2 to Sudoku 3.
In the IB for the Relay Sudoku (Classic -> Either Or -> Either Or) hints on Sudoku 3 are shown as A and B which needs to be corrected to C and D.

Hints from Sudoku 1 (top grid) can not go to Sudoku 3 (bottom grid)

Will fix.

i find skyscraper sudoku very confusing. can anyone help me with detailed process to arrive at solution with either video or pictures and not just only solution ?

@shera90
I have uploaded a small pdf walk-through for skyscraper example given in IB. Hope it helps you.
http://swaroopg92.blogspot.com/2015/05/sudoku-mahabharat-finals-on-...

I have created some practice puzzles for Sudoku Mahabharat Finals
Links to these puzzles can be find in following post
http://www.funwithpuzzles.com/2015/05/sudoku-mahabharat-2015-final....

In the IB fro offline finals it is written that

The permitted items which may be taken into the competition hall and used are: Pens, pencils, erasers, rulers,
instruction booklets (optionally annotated with notes regarding instructions and preparation notes) and blank
paper.


Does that means i can bring any solved example types not present in IB (with how to solve tricks for that particular sudoku) along with the IB ?

yes you can bring.

ok. thanks

I have added one Compressed Sudoku for practice of Sudoku Mahabharat
http://www.funwithpuzzles.com/2015/05/compressed-sudoku.html

results ?

Winner: Amit Sowani
2nd Runner up: Gaurav Jain
4th: Akash Doulani
5th: Jayant Ameta
6th-10th: Rajesh Kumar, Kunal Verma, Ashish Kumar, Harmeet Singh, Zalak Ghetia (order may not be completely accurate)

Congratulations Amit, Rakesh and Gaurav for finishing top 3.
I also congratulate top 10 and other winners too for different categories and if any other prizes.
:) :)

Very well organised championship.... We all had a wonderful day with excellent puzzling atmosphere....
Thanks to Deb, Rohan and Prassanna and all others who helped in organizing the event.
Congrats to all the winners and participants.

Results





Attachments
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SMFinals.png (29KB - 29 downloads)

Misplaced folder during yesterday's finals
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Mr K Ravichandran's folder (which contained his answer sheets and the goodies) was misplaced somewhere yesterday. If anyone has seen it somewhere, please let us know.

Dear Deb,

Can you upload all the photos taken during Sudoku Mahabharat Pl.

Varun, Kumaresan, Others,
Please send the photos to logicmasteradmin@gmail.com

The finale of the inaugural Sudoku Mahabharat was indeed superb. We really enjoyed the first four rounds of solving - each of them tested a different aspect of solving - and the fifth round was a good eye-check up test. There was healthy competition between the top 5 and anyone could have won on their day. In the end, the recreational activities were very enjoyable as well. And it was a perfect opportunity to meet a lot of old timers and some new faces, apart from Deb, Rohan and Prasanna, of course.

A lot of effort must have gone into the organization of the finals - both the puzzle part and the logistics part. Thanks to all the organizers of the event. The prizes on offer were well thought of. And the venue was also perfect for the occasion. The organization was flawless. We stuck to the round timelines and scores were available almost real time.

I can say that those who could not make it to the finals missed a great event.

Wanted to add Sumit's name here. He took care of the goody bag (containing the exam board, notepad with blank sudoku grids, band, badge, pen/pencil, tag) and the trophies for top 3. All the stuff were specially designed for Sudoku Mahabharat. Unfortunately he could not make it to the finals.
Thanks also to Akash who carried all the stuff from Kolkata.

That is really nice of Sumit...
Really missed him in the event

All participants at SM finals 2015 - Can someone please post the names in sequence?