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Posts: 1 Country : India | SEREnSEALS posted @ 2018-01-13 2:55 PM
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Posts: 8 Country : France | geronimo92 posted @ 2018-01-13 6:10 PM
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Posts: 55 ![]() ![]() Country : India | pranavmanu posted @ 2018-01-13 6:31 PM
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Posts: 43 ![]() ![]() Country : United States | davep posted @ 2018-01-13 7:21 PM
Enjoyed the test, nice puzzle designs! | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 419 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2018-01-13 7:37 PM
A great start to SM 2018 ! I hope the trend continues in all respects and aspects :).I had a very smooth run during the test.Not breaking any sudokus helped a lot. I really enjoyed solving the Linked Classics(14 points) ,overlapping(12) and Expanded(7) as well.Consecutive(11) was the hardest to crack for me following by XV(9).I felt that the set is on the harder side and should be difficult to complete but there was no doubt about the fun quotient.I enjoyed a lot .Well done Akash ! | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 3 Country : India | Llewellyn posted @ 2018-01-13 8:17 PM XV Sudoku 1 has an error i guess... Ive managed to solve the sudoku with the adjacent "x"'s and yet the solution says wrong - 136452 452361 645123 213645 324516 561234 | ||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2018-01-13 8:22 PM Llewellyn - 2018-01-13 8:17 PM XV Sudoku 1 has an error i guess... Ive managed to solve the sudoku with the adjacent "x"'s and yet the solution says wrong - 136452 452361 645123 213645 324516 561234 In your solution, in column 1 first two cells are 1 and 4. They add to 5 but there is no V symbol. | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 3 Country : India | Llewellyn posted @ 2018-01-13 8:28 PM Average Sudoku 1 - also showing wrong solution 125436 (4 is the average of 5+3) 364125 456312 213654 632541 541263 :( :( | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 43 ![]() ![]() Country : United States | davep posted @ 2018-01-13 9:51 PM In your 4th row, the last three digits are 6 5 4. 5 is the average of 4 and 6, but there is no line there. (also 5th column, reading from the top 3 2 1) Edited by davep 2018-01-13 9:53 PM | ||||||||||||
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An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2018-01-14 12:26 AM
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Posts: 17 Country : Poland | udoroh posted @ 2018-01-14 4:03 AM
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Posts: 44 ![]() ![]() Country : Thailand | MrLiang posted @ 2018-01-14 11:17 AM
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Posts: 71 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | shera90 posted @ 2018-01-14 12:16 PM
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Posts: 30 ![]() Country : Poland | margareta456 posted @ 2018-01-14 5:31 PM
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Posts: 23 ![]() Country : India | sunderramanv posted @ 2018-01-14 5:38 PM
The layout of the Overlapping Sudoku was different from the sample sudoku. This created a little confusion. May be the intent itself was to find out which boxes are overlapping. It would have been helpful, if the similar layout (Overlapping Sudoku) was provided in the sample also | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 22 ![]() Country : Germany | JonaS2010 posted @ 2018-01-14 5:40 PM
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An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2018-01-14 5:40 PM
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Posts: 774 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rakesh_rai posted @ 2018-01-14 6:22 PM sunderramanv - 2018-01-14 5:38 PM The layout of the Overlapping Sudoku was different from the sample sudoku. This created a little confusion. May be the intent itself was to find out which boxes are overlapping. It would have been helpful, if the similar layout (Overlapping Sudoku) was provided in the sample also Good point. The IB puzzle layout was intentionally kept different from the PB puzzle in this case. The puzzle itself was very easy, though. I don't think it would have affected much solving-wise, except for the surprise in the visual part of layout. | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 225 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2018-01-14 6:33 PM Good puzzles, but really not a huge fan of 6x6 puzzles that are actually non-trivial. I feel the best strategy is to trial-and-error through them since they are hardly worth any points rather than logically working them out (which takes longer). When I look at the 6x6 XV or the 6x6 Consecutive, I am not convinced that these are great introductions for solvers before they tackle the larger 9x9. I think the reason they are worth a lot less is because they are more prone to lucky guessers. I suggest either: A/ having it worth more, since the steps are non-straightforward or B/ have the 6x6 actually be simpler since they are worth way less points. | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 25 ![]() Country : South Korea | Kwaka posted @ 2018-01-14 6:36 PM
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Posts: 1800 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2018-01-14 10:55 PM tamz29 - 2018-01-14 6:33 PM Good puzzles, but really not a huge fan of 6x6 puzzles that are actually non-trivial. I feel the best strategy is to trial-and-error through them since they are hardly worth any points rather than logically working them out (which takes longer). When I look at the 6x6 XV or the 6x6 Consecutive, I am not convinced that these are great introductions for solvers before they tackle the larger 9x9. I think the reason they are worth a lot less is because they are more prone to lucky guessers. I suggest either: A/ having it worth more, since the steps are non-straightforward or B/ have the 6x6 actually be simpler since they are worth way less points. This is an interesting point to discuss. So first of all, at least for this contest, the test solvers have solved the 6x6s and 9x9s logically. So guesswork did not factor into the timings, and the points were calculated and assigned based on the timings and not any external factors. So in that sense, I'd say at least in theory that they weren't intentionally undervalued or given a lower value 'because' of a quicker solving path via guesswork. So I don't think A can be done here since it would just be random subjective overvaluing. But about them not being great introductions, I would love to discuss further because I see it going both ways. I think that if there is an introduction, an intermediate and then a final level, then what you say is definitely the way to go because then we can have the intermediate preparing solvers to tackle the regular difficulties while the introduction can be easy to be most approachable. But since we just have a 6x6 directly leading into a 9x9, a straightforward 6x6 leading into a difficult 9x9 doesn't do much in preparing you for it. So personally I think it is fine to have some easy ones and some difficult ones among the 6x6 variants within the format used here, to give options both of approachable variants and of variants where, if you attempt the 6x6 logically, you'll be better equipped to deal with higher levels and difficulties. | ||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2018-01-14 11:13 PM Contest ExtensionBased on specific requests from players, the contest end time is extended by twelve hours, and will now end at 11:59 AM IST on Tuesday (16th Jan). Please check the contest page for the exact time as per your time zone. You can start the test anytime till 11:59 AM on the 16th. | ||||||||||||
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An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2018-01-15 5:52 AM
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Posts: 4 Country : India | KarnKingKong posted @ 2018-01-15 11:15 AM can someone please post an example of linked sudoku?how to solve? and its solution too.. | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 268 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rvarun posted @ 2018-01-15 11:15 AM
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