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@ 2015-06-30 4:37 PM (#18640 - in reply to #18483) (#18640) Top

rajgupta83



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rajgupta83 posted @ 2015-06-30 4:37 PM

I request please share tips n techniques to solve various Sudoku Variants . Irregular, Shapes, Filler, Inequality etc....
Though i googled but none helpful...if anybody has some pls provide links too......
@ 2015-06-30 8:06 PM (#18644 - in reply to #18483) (#18644) Top

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shambhu posted @ 2015-06-30 8:06 PM

Hey, what kind of SUDOKU are there in Times Sudoku Championship, and what is the time limit?
Can anyone provide the details please?
If details not known! Can you please tell the last years' format?
@ 2015-06-30 8:55 PM (#18645 - in reply to #18644) (#18645) Top

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2015-06-30 8:55 PM

shambhu - 2015-06-30 8:06 PM

Hey, what kind of SUDOKU are there in Times Sudoku Championship, and what is the time limit?
Can anyone provide the details please?
If details not known! Can you please tell the last years' format?


Last year:
Round 1 had 4 (not 8 right, someone confirm) easy Classic Sudokus, in something like 20 minutes, with the top 100-ish advancing to the next round. The next round had 4 Classics and 4 variants (Trio, Odd Even, Diagonal, Alphabet) to be done in either 30 or 40 minutes, where the top 3 were chosen for the National Finals.

Timings could be a bit off, but the general idea, and variants that appeared, is accurate.
@ 2015-06-30 9:14 PM (#18646 - in reply to #18645) (#18646) Top

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kishy72 posted @ 2015-06-30 9:14 PM

prasanna16391 - 2015-06-30 8:55 PM

shambhu - 2015-06-30 8:06 PM

Hey, what kind of SUDOKU are there in Times Sudoku Championship, and what is the time limit?
Can anyone provide the details please?
If details not known! Can you please tell the last years' format?


Last year:
Round 1 had 4 (not 8 right, someone confirm) easy Classic Sudokus, in something like 20 minutes, with the top 100-ish advancing to the next round.


Yes.It had 4 as a preliminary qualification to advance to the next round.

The next round had 4 Classics and 4 variants (Trio, Odd Even, Diagonal, Alphabet) to be done in either 30 or 40 minutes, where the top 3 were chosen for the National Finals.


The above mentioned 8 was to be done in 60 mins.

@ 2015-07-01 8:27 AM (#18647 - in reply to #18483) (#18647) Top

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mnrhyd posted @ 2015-07-01 8:27 AM

Wish they held this in Hyderabad.. Do we know who to ask
@ 2015-07-01 12:02 PM (#18650 - in reply to #18647) (#18650) Top

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2015-07-01 12:02 PM

mnrhyd - 2015-07-01 8:27 AM

Wish they held this in Hyderabad.. Do we know who to ask


Its been expressed before (mainly from Hyderabad and Kolkata), but I assume Times of India looks at factors like their overall circulation and what not when deciding the cities, so I doubt it would change much if some solvers expressed interest. Its unfortunate, these cities definitely have talent, considering that the current Indian Champion lives in Hyderabad . But I guess the only solution is to travel to a nearby city and enjoy the experience.
@ 2015-07-07 1:43 PM (#18698 - in reply to #18483) (#18698) Top

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long123 posted @ 2015-07-07 1:43 PM

How many sudokus are there, what type of sudokus are there, and what is the time frame.
@ 2015-07-07 2:09 PM (#18699 - in reply to #18698) (#18699) Top

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rajgupta83 posted @ 2015-07-07 2:09 PM

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prasanna16391 - 2015-06-30 8:55 PM

shambhu - 2015-06-30 8:06 PM

Hey, what kind of SUDOKU are there in Times Sudoku Championship, and what is the time limit?
Can anyone provide the details please?
If details not known! Can you please tell the last years' format?


Last year:
Round 1 had 4 (not 8 right, someone confirm) easy Classic Sudokus, in something like 20 minutes, with the top 100-ish advancing to the next round.


Yes.It had 4 as a preliminary qualification to advance to the next round.

The next round had 4 Classics and 4 variants (Trio, Odd Even, Diagonal, Alphabet) to be done in either 30 or 40 minutes, where the top 3 were chosen for the National Finals.


The above mentioned 8 was to be done in 60 mins.
@ 2015-07-07 2:10 PM (#18700 - in reply to #18698) (#18700) Top

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kishy72 posted @ 2015-07-07 2:10 PM

long123 - 2015-07-07 1:43 PM

How many sudokus are there, what type of sudokus are there, and what is the time frame.


kishy72 - 2015-06-30 9:14 PM

prasanna16391 - 2015-06-30 8:55 PM

shambhu - 2015-06-30 8:06 PM

Hey, what kind of SUDOKU are there in Times Sudoku Championship, and what is the time limit?
Can anyone provide the details please?
If details not known! Can you please tell the last years' format?


Last year:
Round 1 had 4 (not 8 right, someone confirm) easy Classic Sudokus, in something like 20 minutes, with the top 100-ish advancing to the next round. The next round had 4 Classics and 4 variants (Trio, Odd Even, Diagonal, Alphabet) to be done in either 30 or 40 minutes, where the top 3 were chosen for the National Finals.


Yes.It had 4 as a preliminary qualification to advance to the next round.

The next round had 4 Classics and 4 variants (Trio, Odd Even, Diagonal, Alphabet) to be done in either 30 or 40 minutes, where the top 3 were chosen for the National Finals.


The above mentioned 8 was to be done in 60 mins.



@ 2015-07-07 7:11 PM (#18701 - in reply to #18700) (#18701) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2015-07-07 7:11 PM

Here is a list of "experienced solvers" for TSC 2015:

01 Rohan Rao
02 Prasanna Venkatesh Seshadri
03 Rishi Puri
04 Sumit Bothra
05 Jaipal Reddy Mogiligundla
06 Swaroop Guggilam
07 Jayant Ameta
08 Kunal Verma
09 Rajesh Kumar
10 Amit Sowani
11 Gaurav Korde
12 Rakesh Rai
13 Tejal Phatak
14 Ritesh Gupta
15 Asha Siddaiah
16 Lovely Krishna Kattamuri
17 Puneet Pawankumar
18 Himanshu Mittal
19 Himani Shah
20 Omkar Hendre
21 Sudhir Shankar Raman
22 Amit Agarwal
23 Rajiv Kumar Aggarwal
@ 2015-07-08 10:57 AM (#18706 - in reply to #18483) (#18706) Top

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lenson posted @ 2015-07-08 10:57 AM

A few quick questions:
1) The A-Team for the WSC will be the Top 4 from ISC? So if any of the TSC final 4 does not happen to be in the ISC Top-4, they would be in the B-team?
2) What happens if the top 'experienced solver' from a city is also from the 2014 contingent? Does someone else get invited to make up the 3 member group from the city for the final in Mumbai?
3) When is the Mumbai finals expected to be on?
4) "There are two rounds for selection of the top four candidates of each city.". Should that be "top three" instead?

Edited by lenson 2015-07-08 11:02 AM
@ 2015-07-08 11:14 AM (#18707 - in reply to #18706) (#18707) Top

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amitsowani posted @ 2015-07-08 11:14 AM

lenson - 2015-07-08 10:57 AM

A few quick questions:
1) The A-Team for the WSC will be the Top 4 from ISC? So if any of the TSC final 4 does not happen to be in the ISC Top-4, they would be in the B-team?


Yes

2) What happens if the top 'experienced solver' from a city is also from the 2014 contingent? Does someone else get invited to make up the 3 member group from the city for the final in Mumbai?


2014 contingent (Rohan, Prasanna, Rishi and Sumit get a bye for the finals). At most one experienced solver apart from these 4 will get selected from each city.

3) When is the Mumbai finals expected to be on?


I believe it has been announced in the advertisements. The date is 2nd August.

4) "There are two rounds for selection of the top four candidates of each city.". Should that be "top three" instead?


Yes you are right. I will get this changed.

@ 2015-07-08 11:43 AM (#18708 - in reply to #18483) (#18708) Top

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sharmaji posted @ 2015-07-08 11:43 AM

Couple of things to say about last year's paper and print quality.
1 - Previous Year the shaded cells in odd-even Sudoku is very dark and digit written by pencil is not visible easily its good if shaded cells are lighter like light blue color etc.

2- When I rubbed the whole grid the white lines(non-bold line) also get erased.


Couple of more questions :

1 - Is same Sudoku's will appear that appear last year.

2- Is there will be instruction provided on the same day i.e on the competition day or just a day before the competition.

"The twelve participants from the four regional rounds will compete with the four members of the Indian contingent from 2014. "
Can someone explain this point please.
@ 2015-07-08 11:45 AM (#18709 - in reply to #18483) (#18709) Top

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sanket.saxena posted @ 2015-07-08 11:45 AM

In case if any of Top 4 from TSC final has already qualified through ISC, then how will the next participant for Team B will qualify? through ISC/TSC?
@ 2015-07-08 12:45 PM (#18710 - in reply to #18708) (#18710) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2015-07-08 12:45 PM

sharmaji - 2015-07-08 11:43 AM

1 - Is same Sudoku's will appear that appear last year.
We will know only at the venue.


2- Is there will be instruction provided on the same day i.e on the competition day or just a day before the competition.
Competition day.


"The twelve participants from the four regional rounds will compete with the four members of the Indian contingent from 2014. "
Can someone explain this point please.
Total 16 players in the finals. 4 from last year (Rohan, Prasanna, Rishi, Sumit). And 3 from each of the four cities.
@ 2015-07-08 8:13 PM (#18713 - in reply to #18709) (#18713) Top

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amitsowani posted @ 2015-07-08 8:13 PM

sanket.saxena - 2015-07-08 11:45 AM

In case if any of Top 4 from TSC final has already qualified through ISC, then how will the next participant for Team B will qualify? through ISC/TSC?


The remaining members of team B will qualify through the ISC results.
@ 2015-07-09 6:07 PM (#18716 - in reply to #18483) (#18716) Top

sn1947



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sn1947 posted @ 2015-07-09 6:07 PM

I have sent the registration sms ( last night ) but have not received any sms in reply for confirmation

@ 2015-07-09 8:15 PM (#18717 - in reply to #18716) (#18717) Top

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rvarun posted @ 2015-07-09 8:15 PM

sn1947 - 2015-07-09 6:07 PM

I have sent the registration sms ( last night ) but have not received any sms in reply for confirmation


Hi. In general you will receive the confirmation message with venue and time slot instantly. Can you specify the city where you will be participating and the message format you sent.
@ 2015-07-10 3:42 PM (#18719 - in reply to #18717) (#18719) Top

sn1947



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sn1947 posted @ 2015-07-10 3:42 PM

Mera format galat tha .recheck karke dobara bheja tha .registration ab confirm ho gaya hai
@ 2015-07-11 8:46 PM (#18721 - in reply to #18483) (#18721) Top

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shera90 posted @ 2015-07-11 8:46 PM

Do I have to show the SMS at the venue ?

If someone accidentally deleted the SMS of registration confirmation, then what to do ?
@ 2015-07-11 8:53 PM (#18722 - in reply to #18721) (#18722) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2015-07-11 8:53 PM

shera90 - 2015-07-11 8:46 PM

Do I have to show the SMS at the venue ?

If someone accidentally deleted the SMS of registration confirmation, then what to do ?
is registration closed now
@ 2015-07-11 9:02 PM (#18723 - in reply to #18722) (#18723) Top

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kishy72 posted @ 2015-07-11 9:02 PM

shera90 - 2015-07-11 8:46 PM

Do I have to show the SMS at the venue ?

If someone accidentally deleted the SMS of registration confirmation, then what to do ?


There is no other choice other than to register again but your time slot for the prelims (may) be a bit delayed.

rakesh_rai - 2015-07-11 8:53 PM

shera90 - 2015-07-11 8:46 PM

Do I have to show the SMS at the venue ?

If someone accidentally deleted the SMS of registration confirmation, then what to do ?
is registration closed now


No.Not yet.It's still open.
@ 2015-07-11 9:08 PM (#18724 - in reply to #18483) (#18724) Top

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shera90 posted @ 2015-07-11 9:08 PM

Registered again and got a time of 12 pm. Earlier time was 11 am.
@ 2015-07-12 12:36 PM (#18726 - in reply to #18483) (#18726) Top

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rvarun posted @ 2015-07-12 12:36 PM

All the Best for Delhi and Mumbai participants.
@ 2015-07-12 5:03 PM (#18727 - in reply to #18726) (#18727) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2015-07-12 5:03 PM

Delhi results:

1. Akash Doulani
2. Rajesh Agrawal
3. Ritesh Gupta (experienced solver)

Edited by rakesh_rai 2015-07-12 5:04 PM
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