It is very unlikely that the Times Sudoku Championship will be held this year.
We are looking forward to other sponsorship opportunities for the Indian sudoku and puzzle teams.

In Sudoku Championships, specially the Times ones, is it normal Sudoku 9x9 or the give you the variations one?

Also, I am new to this and want to prepare for competitions and usually play sudoku in a different website, can anyone tell me where I should practice and the best way to move forward.

Thanks,

Sid

thanks a tonnes Amit Sowani...

thanks a tonnes Amit Sowani...

For question one, going by previous years, there are some (2-4) basic variations in the Times regional rounds, and a good number of variations in the Times National final. In other Sudoku Championships too like Sudoku Mahabharat, ISC, etc., there are a good number of variations. The simple reason for this is these are all competitions leading to the World Sudoku Championship in some way, direct or indirect, and the WSC has a heavy proportion of variations.

The best way to move forward is to practice full contests. Check LMI's downloadable archives - http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/downloads.asp, you will have more than enough practice for the foreseeable future. Other than that be active on sites like LMI and the WPF's GP website, gp.worldpuzzle.org. LMI has Sudoku Mahabharat online rounds and other contests that come up through the year, and the WPF's Sudoku GP runs from January to August (there are still 2 rounds you can participate in of the 2017 edition).

You can also join the LMI message group if interested and check if there are local meets in your city and go to those to interact with other solvers. To join the message group you can send me your number either in a personal message or via mail to prasanna16391@gmail.com, and I'll get you added.

so there is no more option for participating this year's WSC??

Thanks Prasanna for the explanation.

I will PM you my number and it would be great if you can get me added to the group.

Cheers,

Sid

With the TSC not happening this year that closes the avenues for team selection for this year. Its unfortunate for those who got to know of this event very late, but you can always try to make it to the team next year, the selection for which will be started in early 2018.

https://www.facebook.com/indiansudokuleague/
the registration which is going on above mentioned site by me is happening or is it fake?

The registration is genuine. Indian Sudoku League was held in December last year and will also be held in December this year.
By the way this has nothing to do with Times Sudoku Championship.

The Times Sudoku Championship for 2017 is back.

All the details are not available yet, but here is the link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sudoku.cms

Also this year one more city, Kolkata has been added to the list. Stay tuned for more details.

Hi Amit. It is specified that the city winners will be joined by the four members of the Indian team from last year. Can you specify the members getting the direct entry for the finals.

Edited by rvarun 2017-09-14 1:12 PM

The four members will be:
Kishore
Akash
Jaipal
Harmeet

These are the top 4 who are eligible from the ISC results from last year.

Nice to see new city being added to TSC.

Delhi and Chennai event details are published in today's newspapers.

Delhi - Sep 20 - http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=18_09_2017_104_0...

Chennai - Sep 23 - http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=18_09_2017_104_0...



Edited by rvarun 2017-09-18 1:59 PM

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Edited by shera90 2017-09-18 10:37 PM

But harmeet wasn't part of team last. I guess this is based on ISC rankings last year.

So, is harmeet an experienced person according to TOI or not ?

what is the time for TOI Sudoku at Mumbai on 24 September 2017

You'll get to know when you register


To register for the event, SMS TOISUD (city initial)NAMEage to 58888.
Example:
For Mumbai – TOISUDM ABHISHEK 12
For Bangalore - TOISUDB SIDDHARTH 23

The dates and venues of all cities are updated in the below link.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sudoku.cms

All the Best for all Delhi participants. :-)

All the Best for all Kolkata participants.

Thanks for reply
Just wanted to know morning or evening as have some prior committments

Kolkatta event startes at 4pm