I see this said a lot, I just want to note something. Most of the top solvers practice throughout the year. There are contests which are very accessible using the LMI Monthly Contest - http://logicmastersindia.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=60&st... page or the downloads pages http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/downloads.asp?testType=10 which all have archived PDFs of contests with all the details you need to test yourself on them. There are links given on this page to other sites too - http://logicmastersindia.com/home/?g=links .

So there is an abundance of content to practice and there are contests like the GP and Mahabharat which run throughout the year. People ask me a lot about how long I practice - the answer is I rarely ever solve a Sudoku outside of competition(I count the dailies as competition)/testing. Even when I was starting out the only Sudoku I have practiced at length is Killer. But I gave time to participating in all the contests I could.

As the current Times Champion (at least until 2nd August ), I feel I should post something like this - if you just missed the top rankings and you just solved ToI's Sudokus or practiced for a month (or so) in preparation, then you clearly have talent because, even with that level of preparation you are near solvers who are participating in contests throughout the year. Imagine where you could be with that kind of participation (which only takes a 90 minute stretch on a weekend typically).

This isn't for the one who I quoted in particular, it is a general note for anyone who barely misses out on the regional rounds. Even to The other solvers, you may have the potential and just not know it and in general these contests are free and fun, so its a win-win situation.

Congrats to the Chennai top 3

1. Rakesh Rai
2. Kishore Kumar
3. Pranav Kamesh

Congrats to the top 3 from Chennai , especially Pranav. Great achievement.

Congrats to all 3! Well done Pranav.

I was so happy that none of the top three made mistakes. Congratulations again.

Congrats to all 3 :) Best of luck for finals.

Detailed scores for Delhi round held on 12th July are also available now.

Link : http://logicmastersindia.com/2015/TSC/

So I became "plural" this time in Chennai - http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31807&articlexm...
Quite possibly, the text was copied from Mumbai edition.

and I was made to float in "seventh heaven" when I am having a hard time remembering if I had ever uttered those words anytime in my lifetime let alone during the TSC event....

Congrats to the winners. Best of luck for Finals

I wish the Delhi Reporter travel to each part to cover the event, at least the interview part.

I still feel, if they are gonna misquote you anyway, the least they could do is go with "cloud nine" and keep the Sudoku theme. Seventh Heaven seems so random.

All the best to all Bangalore participants. :-)

Top 5 in Bangalore

1. Jayant Ameta (22:08)
2. Gaurav Kumar Jain (29:18)
3. Rajesh Kumar (30:49)
4. Ramya Reddy V (31:14)
5. Zalak Ghetia (32:38)

Based on the rules set this year (with maximum one experienced player per city), Jayant, Gaurav and Ramya proceed to the finals.

Congratulations everyone.

Overall results?
BTW congrats to all the people who have been selected for national finals .. Hope u form a great Indian team..


Edited by sitanshu 2015-07-26 8:44 PM

Congrats Jayant, Gaurav and Ramya. All the very best to the 12 selected finalists along with the quartet from 2014 WSC for the National Finals.

when will the rank list of other participates of bangalore will be published so that they can check their position.

For Delhi and Mumbai it took about a week to post them. You also need to consider that the organizers will have to prioritize getting the National finals ready for the 2nd of August, so I estimate a week or so here too probably.

Congrats Bangalore top 3,
Now best of luck to all for National Finals! Rock on !! :)

All the best to all the finalists !

Now that all regional rounds are over, any chance if the sudokus from all rounds can be put on LMI if TOI allows ?

TSC puzzles are never posted on LMI due to some constraints. Otherwise, it would've definitely been made available.
You know how openly LMI works :-)

Detailed scores for Chennai round held on 19th July are also available now.

Link : http://logicmastersindia.com/2015/TSC/

Best of luck to every one for finals.
Due to interesting concept this time it will be more fun, considering even top experienced people have to fight for 2 spots.


Edited by swaroop2011 2015-08-01 4:27 AM

Best of luck to finalists. Looking forward to results which is bound to be interesting due to new format.

Good Luck to all the finalists. :-)