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Posts: 170 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Germany | rob posted @ 2020-04-04 1:39 AM Enjoyed this test a lot, thank you! Not quite sure how to put it, but I liked how the puzzles all felt clearly "constructed". The 9x9 Killer was probably my favourite of the set, while the Little Killer was more of a "are you really forcing me to do this???" :). (And then I missed that R7C5 couldn't be 1 which cost a bunch of time.) | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 44 ![]() ![]() Country : Thailand | MrLiang posted @ 2020-04-04 2:42 AM
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Posts: 5 Country : Canada | ByronosaurusRex posted @ 2020-04-04 3:53 AM
I was coasting along fairly comfortably through much of the test, with the end seemingly in sight -- the 9x9 versions of most variants had seemed a little over-pointed if anything -- and then thwap, down came the big Little Killer like a California redwood blocking my path. Even as I felt I was making reasonable forward progress for most of my solve, it still featured a number of delayed 'aha' moments that added up to a brutal solve spanning nearly 24 minutes. I don't think it was too hard for its point value, so much as I was too easily intimidated by the clues' seeming impenetrability (which appears to be the intended effect -- each individual clue becoming practical only once the previous steps were taken was actually a quite charming solution path in its own right). So after getting a big head from my relative mastery of the other variants, Little Killer ultimately taught me a valuable lesson in humility (as it so often does). | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 15 Country : United States | cyberx60 posted @ 2020-04-04 4:10 AM Didn't get the Little Killer done until after time expired, but wow, what a puzzle. I feel like there was only 1 solution path until the very end. | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 15 Country : United States | cyberx60 posted @ 2020-04-04 4:11 AM
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Posts: 18 Country : Philippines | Sedho posted @ 2020-04-04 3:04 PM
My favorite of the set was the Killer, as I am used to pencilling in only when there is 1 possible pair. It took me a while before I noticed that there were unusually many cages with 2 possible pairs of numbers, and only when I started pencilling those in did I begin to make more progress. Overall, a very fun set, even if I found the Little Killer to be quite monstrous. :D | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 55 ![]() ![]() Country : India | pranavmanu posted @ 2020-04-04 4:20 PM
Thank you to Kishore and Akash for a nice test. Little killer burned too much time for me, but the rest were quite smooth.Favourites were Little Killer 1,Little Killer 2 and X sums 2 Enjoyed! | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 30 ![]() Country : Poland | margareta456 posted @ 2020-04-04 6:24 PM
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Posts: 59 ![]() ![]() Country : United States | bob posted @ 2020-04-04 9:32 PM
Very frustrating set for me. Many "easy" puzzles need a couple of attempts. For me the the 12-point killer was the most fun (and the only harder puzzle I even had time to try). As always, I shall enjoy these quality puzzles on my own time; I've never quite understood the obsession with speed. | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 3 Country : Germany | Schachus posted @ 2020-04-04 10:50 PM rules for serbian frame 1 seem off in the instruction booklet. Am I right supposing that it should be 2nd and 3rd digit just as in the serbian frame 2 sudoku? Thanks | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 22 ![]() Country : United Kingdom | Feadoor posted @ 2020-04-05 2:50 AM
The Little Killer took almost 30 minutes of solving time - but what a great puzzle! Edited by Feadoor 2020-04-05 2:52 AM | ||||||||||||
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An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2020-04-05 10:01 AM
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Posts: 419 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2020-04-05 11:19 AM Schachus - 2020-04-04 10:50 PM rules for serbian frame 1 seem off in the instruction booklet. Am I right supposing that it should be 2nd and 3rd digit just as in the serbian frame 2 sudoku? Thanks The instructions given in the IB are correct. i.e., for 6X6 : Row clues are sum of 1st and 2nd digits.Column clues are sum of 2nd & 3rd digits while for 9X9, Row clues are sum of 2nd and 3rd digits and Column clues are sum of 3rd and 4th digits.Hope it's clear now.Good luck ! | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 46 ![]() ![]() Country : India | aashay posted @ 2020-04-05 12:48 PM
Excellent set of Sudokus, with clear, logical solving paths. Really enjoyed solving this round. I would have finished the set, but kept on inserting the wrong asnwer key for X-Sums, for no apparent reason. Thanks Akash and Kishore for the wonderful sudokus. | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 46 ![]() ![]() Country : India | aashay posted @ 2020-04-05 12:48 PM
Excellent set of Sudokus, with clear, logical solving paths. Really enjoyed solving this round. I would have finished the set, but kept on inserting the wrong asnwer key for X-Sums, for no apparent reason. Thanks Akash and Kishore for the wonderful sudokus. | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 87 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | harmeet posted @ 2020-04-05 2:01 PM
Awesome set. Loved all 9x9 variants. Little Killer was daunting. Attempted it after the test. Thanks Aakash and Kishore! | ||||||||||||
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An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2020-04-05 2:24 PM
Before doing the round, I saw a forum fost that started with "frust...". I can see where he is coming from. I broke almost all the 9x9 I attempted multiple times (In fact I only solved one (Serbian sums) I also took very long on that, but that was on me, I had solved an 8 clue as a 7 clue, and unfortunately after that the puzzle didnt break, but just didnt lead anywhere...). The 9x9 seemed much harder than all the 6x6 also by point value (there were two 4 point 6x6, that seeemed very quuick anyway and I was stuck for ages on all 9x9 puzzles.) | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 3 Country : Germany | Schachus posted @ 2020-04-05 2:25 PM kishy72 - 2020-04-05 7:19 AM Schachus - 2020-04-04 10:50 PM rules for serbian frame 1 seem off in the instruction booklet. Am I right supposing that it should be 2nd and 3rd digit just as in the serbian frame 2 sudoku? Thanks The instructions given in the IB are correct. i.e., for 6X6 : Row clues are sum of 1st and 2nd digits.Column clues are sum of 2nd & 3rd digits while for 9X9, Row clues are sum of 2nd and 3rd digits and Column clues are sum of 3rd and 4th digits.Hope it's clear now.Good luck ! Ay yeah, I misread it, thanks | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 329 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | neerajmehrotra posted @ 2020-04-05 3:28 PM And I did a blunder....by not reading the rules carefully. Followed 2nd and 3rd cell for rows Edited by neerajmehrotra 2020-04-05 3:28 PM | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 225 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2020-04-06 12:03 PM The 9x9's would be great as stand-alones. Anything harder than the 9x9 Killer (a beautiful construction by the way) might be better off not in the test. The Little Killer took me 20+ minutes which is nearly 1/3 of the test's duration. I see the points being appropriately adjusted but perhaps too hard for SM? Very nice grids that didn't feel too math-y. Thanks! | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 13 Country : India | Ronaldo posted @ 2020-04-06 12:56 PM what is the password for instruction sudoku booklet? | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 36 ![]() Country : India | priyambhushan posted @ 2020-04-06 1:08 PM
Absolutely wonderful set of puzzles.. thank you for that, Akash and Kishore! My first time attempting online solving and I was hit with a ton of technical last minute issues and ended up doing horribly on this round, but I couldn't help but notice the puzzles themselves were really enjoyable, and just the right amount of difficulty in my opinion! Thanks! | ||||||||||||
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An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2020-04-06 4:11 PM
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Posts: 27 ![]() Country : India | Kumaresan R posted @ 2020-04-06 7:15 PM
silly mistake in killer cost me 12=14 x sum unable to finish in time..i expect 70 but finish with 55...thanks to Akash & Kishore for good quality puzzles..Little killer is very hard puzzle which i took 25min after competition.. | ||||||||||||
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Posts: 3 Country : India | jsarwade posted @ 2020-04-06 11:15 PM i am not able to see sudoku puzzles my adobe flash player is not working what should i do |