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Posts: 1660 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2023-01-17 3:47 AM Version 1 of the Instruction Booklet, with everything except Points Distribution, is available. |
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Posts: 1660 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2023-01-19 8:25 PM Version 2 of the Instruction Booklet can be downloaded now. Changes: Added points distribution. Fixed tester info (bad goof on my part, apologies to our testers) Updated number of pages for Competition Booklet. |
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Posts: 1660 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2023-01-19 11:11 PM Password protected Competition Booklet is uploaded. |
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Posts: 130 ![]() ![]() Country : France | auroux posted @ 2023-01-20 3:22 PM Oof.+This+isn't+the+SM+of+a+few+years+ago+anymore... |
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Posts: 1660 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2023-01-21 1:02 AM %40auroux+it+is+more+or+less+representative+of+where+the+Indian+team+is.+In+the+last+WSC+we+were+without+Rohan+and+still+had+all+4+Indians+in+the+top+30%2c+with+young%2c+talented+and+capable+solvers.+While+some+of+the+18+Sudokus+should+be+beginner+friendly%2c+the+set+as+a+whole+should+challenge+our+best+to+get+better.+%0a%0aThe+PR+difficulty+largely+remains+the+same+because+we+haven't+seen+similar+growth+on+the+WPC+side+yet.+ |
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Posts: 6 Country : Australia | chocchip37 posted @ 2023-01-21 7:42 AM Agree+with+Prasanna+in+that+quite+a+few+beginner+friendly+sudokus+(classics%2c+thermos)+but+there+are+also+quite+a+few+challenges+-+notably+for+me%2c+the+6x6+diagonal+%2b+odd-even%2c+and+the+9x9+diagonal+%2b+extra+region. |
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Posts: 6 Country : Australia | chocchip37 posted @ 2023-01-21 8:03 AM Having just finished my last puzzle (a tricky 9x9 diagonal), I wanted to saw what an amazing job the Indian authors have done to provide us with a wonderful set of puzzles for SM 2023 Rd 1! Very much enjoyed the quadruples and there are a good mix of difficulties with some easier puzzles (classics, thermos) and some quite difficult ones (6x6 diagonal and odd-even, 9x9 diagonal and extra region). Can't wait for Rd 2 in a few weeks' time! :) |
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Posts: 3 Country : United States | shogia posted @ 2023-01-21 12:15 PM I+was+gushing+the+entire+time+I+was+doing+the+9x9+odd%2feven.+That+was+so+beautiful. |
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Posts: 1 Country : The Netherlands | Leonardo024 posted @ 2023-01-21 10:17 PM Spent+a+good+35+minutes+on+9x9+Extra+Regions+and+half+of+that+on+9x9+Thermo...+whoops+%3b)%0aBeautiful+set+tho%2c+very+fun+for+a+first+Sudoku+contest+%3a)%0aGonna+finish+the+remaining+puzzles+over+the+next+few+days!+%5e%5e+ |
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Posts: 4 Country : India | Peter_Maverick posted @ 2023-01-22 1:11 AM Great+set.+My+fav+was+9x9+Odd-Even.+Never+thought+Odd-+Even+could+be+this+interesting+and+logic+was+exquisite.%0a |
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Posts: 1 Country : United States | psymar posted @ 2023-01-22 1:12 AM Unfortunately+I+only+got+four+puzzles+in+the+first+half+of+the+time...+and+then+my+brain+gave+out+and+I+couldn't+even+continue+trying.++Oh+well%3b+I'm+proud+of+myself+for+trying. |
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Posts: 137 ![]() ![]() Country : Estonia | TiiT posted @ 2023-01-22 1:51 AM Oh+dear%2E+Just+typo+when+entering+my+last+digit+of+the+last+answer+key+%F0%9F%99%84 |
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Posts: 6 Country : United States | DreamLibrarian posted @ 2023-01-22 4:06 AM What is the reasoning behind allowing coloring for some puzzles but not others? Why not let the solver decide when they want to color? Surface coloring is turned on for Odd/Even and No Three in a Row, but not for anything else. I routinely color, for instance, in solving extra regions; since this isn't allowed, it's hampering my solve. Edited by DreamLibrarian 2023-01-22 4:08 AM |
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Posts: 1 Country : United States of America | dennisc posted @ 2023-01-22 4:35 AM Wow%2c+that+6x6+diagonal+was+surprisingly+hard.+Unfortunately+I+messed+up+near+the+end+of+the+9x9+o%2fe+and+didn't+solve+it+%f0%9f%98%ad+Should+have+been+more+careful |
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Posts: 1660 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2023-01-22 11:23 AM %40DreamLibrarian+Theres+nothing+%22disallowed%22+as+such.+It's+just+that+Odd+Even+more+commonly+uses+the+parity+coloring+so+I+added+the+tab+but+the+added+tab+is+also+a+slight+hindrance+to+the+solvers+who+don't+use+it+when+tabbing+through+options.+%0a%0aYou+are+very+much+allowed+to+simply+click+on+the+tab+space+in+the+top+right+and+check%2funcheck+the+options+you+feel+convenient+with.+Hope+this+helps+for+future+contests+%3a) |
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Posts: 6 Country : United States | DreamLibrarian posted @ 2023-01-23 2:01 AM %f0%9f%91%8d |
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Posts: 55 ![]() ![]() Country : India | pranavmanu posted @ 2023-01-24 12:19 PM Thank+you+to+the+authors+for+a+great+round.+I+really+enjoyed+cracking+the+Thermo+and+Odd-Even+9X9s%2c+and+the+diagonal+9x9+after+the+round.++Felt+that+the+9x9+Odd-Even+and+Diagonal+deserved+more+points.++Round+difficulty+was+on+the+higher+side%2c+should+get+used+to+this.%0aLooking+forward+to+the+next+one! |
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Posts: 3 Country : India | Neha1609 posted @ 2023-01-26 12:07 AM Thank+you+to+the+authors+for+the+challenging+round.+Liked+to+solve+the+puzzles.+Still+can+get+over+that+even+6x6+odd-even+puzzle+was+challenging.+Looking+forward+to+next+round. |
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Posts: 412 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2023-01-26 4:53 PM Wow . That was a pretty intense contest. Had to solve out of my skin to even manage that score. Diagonal 9x9 was absolutely brutal and staved me off from finishing it for an eternity. I felt completely stuck not even sure where to guess. It was a relief to finish it finally with a wild guess. Thanks to Kumaresan, Hemant and Arun for the really nerve wracking round :). My favourites are Quadruple (9x9) and Thermo (9x9). |