@ 2011-06-16 3:59 PM (#4882 - in reply to #4881) (#4882) Top | |
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2011-06-16 3:59 PM swaroop2011 - 2011-06-16 3:50 PM ok got it again did very silly mistake. i think now i should improve upon this. thanks . what about BATTLESHIP SUDOKU? In Battleship Sudoku, you have to remember that the given digits can't be part of ships (i.e. they are like Water cells in standard Battleships puzzle) Considering that, it is easy to figure that the 1X3 ship can lie horizontally in row6. It can't lie vertically in Col1 or Col3 (then it is not possible to satisfy Col2). So, you get 4 at R6C2. From that it should be easy to determine that the 1X2 ships will be in R1C2C3 and R3R4C1. You should be able to solve it after that. Apart from the link Rohan mentioned, you should be able get 9X9 Battleship Sudokus from motris' blog See - http://motris.livejournal.com/79580.html, http://motris.livejournal.com/18608.html,... http://motris.livejournal.com/79580.html |
@ 2011-06-16 4:27 PM (#4884 - in reply to #4823) (#4884) Top | |
Posts: 668 Country : India | swaroop2011 posted @ 2011-06-16 4:27 PM any hints for JAPANESE SUMS SUDOKU - not able to start it. |
@ 2011-06-16 4:34 PM (#4885 - in reply to #4884) (#4885) Top | |
Posts: 774 Country : India | rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-06-16 4:34 PM swaroop2011 - 2011-06-16 4:27 PM any hints for JAPANESE SUMS SUDOKU - not able to start it. Look at column 5 and/or row 5. hints are obvious, you can get started. Edited by rakesh_rai 2011-06-16 4:37 PM |
@ 2011-06-16 4:46 PM (#4886 - in reply to #4823) (#4886) Top | |
Posts: 668 Country : India | swaroop2011 posted @ 2011-06-16 4:46 PM i started with that but i only was able to get two numbers 3 and 2 in row 5 and only number '3' in column 5. other numbers 2 and 5 of column 5 have many possibities(in respect of position as well as numbers used) |
@ 2011-06-16 5:04 PM (#4887 - in reply to #4823) (#4887) Top | |
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2011-06-16 5:04 PM You also have start marking cells which are black. There are many openings in this example (you get a 2 sixes at R6C2, R2C6), spend some more time on the example, and you should be able to do it. |
@ 2011-06-16 5:06 PM (#4888 - in reply to #4823) (#4888) Top | |
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2011-06-16 5:06 PM It is also useful to solve the basic puzzle type (Japanese sums in this case) first before attacking Japanese Sums + Sudoku. |
@ 2011-06-16 5:10 PM (#4889 - in reply to #4878) (#4889) Top | |
Posts: 337 Country : Switzerland | Fred76 posted @ 2011-06-16 5:10 PM Here is another sudokuro that I've just created (I've not time to post on my blog right now): Fred |
@ 2011-06-16 7:50 PM (#4892 - in reply to #4871) (#4892) Top | |
Posts: 25 Country : United States | SKnight posted @ 2011-06-16 7:50 PM They repeat in the outlined (irregular) regions if you swap both pairs Ah! Got it. The outlined regions were a little subtle -- didn't really notice them. I'm glad I asked -- now I know to look for them on the real test. |
@ 2011-06-17 1:15 AM (#4893 - in reply to #4823) (#4893) Top | |
Posts: 24 Country : United States | DreamRose311 posted @ 2011-06-17 1:15 AM Hmmm, does anyone else think this should affect the Sudoku ratings AND and the puzzle ratings? Hehe... This looks like a lot of fun, can't wait! |
@ 2011-06-17 2:42 PM (#4894 - in reply to #4823) (#4894) Top | |
Posts: 170 Country : Germany | rob posted @ 2011-06-17 2:42 PM After solving the puzzles in the instructions booklet, I'm looking forward to this a lot. The sample puzzles were very well done, and some were really tricky. So I think we can expect some beautiful puzzles, and fear some very difficult ones. |
@ 2011-06-17 4:12 PM (#4895 - in reply to #4893) (#4895) Top | |
Posts: 774 Country : India | rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-06-17 4:12 PM DreamRose311 - 2011-06-17 1:15 AM Hmmm, does anyone else think this should affect the Sudoku ratings AND and the puzzle ratings?... You do have a point...puzzle experts definitely have some advantage in this test. |
@ 2011-06-17 4:43 PM (#4896 - in reply to #4895) (#4896) Top | |
Country : India | debmohanty posted @ 2011-06-17 4:43 PM rakesh_rai - 2011-06-17 4:12 PM You do have a point...puzzle experts definitely have some advantage in this test. We had a very similar mock16 last year. While the competition has changed considerably at LMI since then, the results of mock16 suggested that 'puzzle experts' don't really have much advantage. Having solved couple of actual puzzles from the test, I think the 'Sudoku part' is as dominant as in other Sudoku tests. |
@ 2011-06-17 11:38 PM (#4897 - in reply to #4823) (#4897) Top | |
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2011-06-17 11:38 PM Password protected booklet uploaded. It has 10 pages, each page has one 6X6 and one 9X9 of the same type. |
@ 2011-06-18 5:54 AM (#4898 - in reply to #4897) (#4898) Top | |
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2011-06-18 5:54 AM LOGIDOKU has started. |
@ 2011-06-18 3:48 PM (#4899 - in reply to #4823) (#4899) Top | |
Posts: 774 Country : India | rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-06-18 3:48 PM Thanks to the authors. Nice collection of sudokuzzles and puzzledokus - of varying complexities. |
@ 2011-06-18 6:08 PM (#4900 - in reply to #4823) (#4900) Top | |
Posts: 1 Country : Germany | aj0816 posted @ 2011-06-18 6:08 PM Thank you very much for the nice puzzles! Unfortunally I made a stupid mistake, and wrote my solution for the Kakuro-Sudoku (small and big) in the answer field for the japanese sums. Is there a possibility of getting the points anyway? Would be great! |
@ 2011-06-18 7:02 PM (#4901 - in reply to #4900) (#4901) Top | |
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2011-06-18 7:02 PM aj0816 - 2011-06-18 6:08 PM You should see the credits for Kakuro-Sudoku puzzles now.Thank you very much for the nice puzzles! Unfortunally I made a stupid mistake, and wrote my solution for the Kakuro-Sudoku (small and big) in the answer field for the japanese sums. Is there a possibility of getting the points anyway? Would be great! |
@ 2011-06-18 7:57 PM (#4902 - in reply to #4823) (#4902) Top | |
Posts: 668 Country : India | swaroop2011 posted @ 2011-06-18 7:57 PM thanks to the authors. nice set of puzzles. enjoyed a lot. the big one's are excellent. hope to improve on it in future. |
@ 2011-06-19 1:10 AM (#4903 - in reply to #4823) (#4903) Top | |
Posts: 329 Country : India | neerajmehrotra posted @ 2011-06-19 1:10 AM Thanks a lot to organisers and authors for an excellent set of mind boggling sudokus... |
@ 2011-06-19 12:10 PM (#4904 - in reply to #4823) (#4904) Top | |
Posts: 268 Country : India | rvarun posted @ 2011-06-19 12:10 PM I m getting multiple solutions for Kropki small |
@ 2011-06-19 12:20 PM (#4905 - in reply to #4823) (#4905) Top | |
Posts: 668 Country : India | swaroop2011 posted @ 2011-06-19 12:20 PM you must be doing some mistake.there is only one solution possible. detailed clarification can be done once the test is over |
@ 2011-06-19 12:32 PM (#4906 - in reply to #4823) (#4906) Top | |
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2011-06-19 12:32 PM Thanks Swaroop for clarifying. rvarun, 1) if you are getting multiple solutions (which I believe is impossible), please submit any of your answers. 2) don't post messages like 'there are multiple solutions or there are no solutions' before you are absolutely certain. It doesn't help anybody, rather it creates confusion. |
@ 2011-06-19 4:04 PM (#4907 - in reply to #4823) (#4907) Top | |
Posts: 81 Country : India | Tejal Phatak posted @ 2011-06-19 4:04 PM I have entered '9' instead of '1' in the big Fence Sudoku. Any chance of getting the points for it? :| |
@ 2011-06-19 5:30 PM (#4908 - in reply to #4823) (#4908) Top | |
Posts: 315 Country : The Netherlands | Para posted @ 2011-06-19 5:30 PM There were some nice puzzles. I enjoyed the test. Solved a little less than I had hoped. Made a mistake in one of the puzzles, which turned out to not be one, I just missed how it could work so started over for nothing. I switched the column and row entry for the Big Japanese Sums sudoku. Not really sure why. I was being careful with the answer keys. My other mistake was just sloppiness because of having to draw lines through the grid. Edited by Para 2011-06-19 5:43 PM |
@ 2011-06-19 6:39 PM (#4909 - in reply to #4823) (#4909) Top | |
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2011-06-19 6:39 PM All rows/columns swaps are considered as valid answers. There is no automatic check on that, but eventually everyone making that kind of swap will get points. |