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Posts: 123 ![]() ![]() Country : India | macherlakumar posted @ 2012-05-31 10:01 AM Hi All, Please follow the link http://math.berkeley.edu/~auroux/frwpc10/ for some practise puzzles (Part I and Part II only). Part I: 1. Battleships 2. Skyscrapers 3. Lop Finder 4. Star Battle Part II: 1. Easy as ABC 2. All Alone (Hitori) 3. Fences 4. Loop Finder Thanks and Regards, Ravi |
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Posts: 123 ![]() ![]() Country : India | macherlakumar posted @ 2012-05-31 11:06 AM Hi All, For all the new members, here is the link for Tapa practise puzzles http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/dl.asp?view=1&attachmentid=22... The puzzles are sorted from easy to hard, So I recommend you to do it in the same way. NOTE : 1. Please use the booklet for practising the puzzles only. 2. These puzzles are from a competition previously held at LMI and that competition has nothing to do with the IPC 2012 except for using the puzzles for practise. 3. Please ignore Page 1 of the PDF booklet. 4. Please do not ask any questions about that competition in this thread. |
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Posts: 35 ![]() Country : India | mathcrazy posted @ 2012-05-31 11:07 AM In the sample puzzle for Coded TomTom given in the instruction booklet, the first number should be AH+, right? It's given as AF+, which doesn't lead to a proper solution. |
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Posts: 123 ![]() ![]() Country : India | macherlakumar posted @ 2012-05-31 1:57 PM Hi All, Few more practise puzzles http://math.berkeley.edu/~auroux/frwpc08/round1.pdf 1. Battleships 5. Loopfinder 6. End view (As Easy As ABC) http://math.berkeley.edu/~auroux/frwpc08/round2.pdf 4. All Alone (Hiroti) http://math.berkeley.edu/~auroux/frwpc08/round3.pdf 2. Pearls (Masyu) http://math.berkeley.edu/~auroux/frwpc11/epr1-en.pdf 7. Hitori (All alone) 9. Skyscrapers 11. Easy as 1-2-3 (As Easy As ABC) 12. Fences (slitherlink) http://math.berkeley.edu/~auroux/frwpc11/epr4-en.pdf 4. Kakuro Let me know in case of any concerns. Thanks and Regards, Ravi |
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Posts: 31 ![]() Country : United Kingdom | PuzzleScot posted @ 2012-05-31 4:27 PM Hi, In the past, IPCs have been open for a longer period to allow international participation. (eg, in parts of USA, it will start at 3:30am). Will there be the option this year to participate later in the day, or even another day for other nationalities competing as guests? |
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Posts: 668 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | swaroop2011 posted @ 2012-05-31 6:07 PM Here go few more puzzles for Practice. Will see if i can create liar slitherlink and star battle. Hope you will enjoy!! :) http://swaroopg92.blogspot.in/2012/05/puzzles-69-75-ipc-2012-practi... Edited by swaroop2011 2012-05-31 6:08 PM |
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Posts: 175 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | Organisers posted @ 2012-05-31 9:20 PM PuzzleScot - 2012-05-31 4:27 PM Hi, In the past, IPCs have been open for a longer period to allow international participation. (eg, in parts of USA, it will start at 3:30am). Will there be the option this year to participate later in the day, or even another day for other nationalities competing as guests? Yes, we'll keep it open for Monday midnight GMT time (just like other LMI tests) for international participation. |
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Posts: 1 Country : United States | PreetiSar posted @ 2012-05-31 9:27 PM Hi.. I am an Indian living in USA... I want to take part in IPC 2012. Since the test is from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm, it will be morning 4:30 am here. What I wanted to know is, will a printer be required or will it be more convenient to solve it if we print the puzzles out on paper? If that is so I will have to run to lab early in the morning :( .... please do give me some suggestions regarding this.. thanx |
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Posts: 1 Country : United Kingdom | dickoon posted @ 2012-05-31 9:44 PM Organisers - 2012-05-31 5:20 PM Excellent decision! Much appreciated, thank you very much.Yes, we'll keep it open for 24 hours (after it starts) for international participation. |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2012-05-31 10:01 PM dickoon - 2012-05-31 9:44 PM We'll keep it open till Monday midnight GMT time (just like other LMI tests) for international participation to avoid any confusion.Organisers - 2012-05-31 5:20 PM Excellent decision! Much appreciated, thank you very much.Yes, we'll keep it open for 24 hours (after it starts) for international participation. |
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Posts: 1800 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2012-05-31 11:02 PM PreetiSar - 2012-05-31 9:27 PM Hi.. I am an Indian living in USA... I want to take part in IPC 2012. Since the test is from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm, it will be morning 4:30 am here. What I wanted to know is, will a printer be required or will it be more convenient to solve it if we print the puzzles out on paper? If that is so I will have to run to lab early in the morning :( .... please do give me some suggestions regarding this.. thanx A printer helps, and its always best to solve on paper speed-wise, but then, you can easily do it on paint/some similar tool as well. If you want to optimize your performance, you're probably better off with a printer and should probably decide if you can go to the lab early, but as long as you are logically sound in solving the puzzles, it won't affect you a huge lot. I gave IPC 2010 and numerous LMI tests before April on paint :) |
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Posts: 1800 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2012-05-31 11:40 PM http://prasannaseshadri.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/i-never-lie-or-do-... Here is the 2nd batch of practice puzzles. Just 3 of them, but since all are from the variants category, they should help :) |
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Posts: 35 ![]() Country : India | mathcrazy posted @ 2012-05-31 11:51 PM I'm a resident of India. I would like to know if we must definitely start the puzzles at 2 pm, or can we start it later, say at 6 pm, provided we complete it within 2.5 hours? |
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Posts: 1800 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2012-06-01 12:13 AM mathcrazy - 2012-05-31 11:51 PM I'm a resident of India. I would like to know if we must definitely start the puzzles at 2 pm, or can we start it later, say at 6 pm, provided we complete it within 2.5 hours? If you want to be eligible for Selection to Team India, and be in the official Indian IPC results, you should start it at 2 PM and you have till 4.30. It is open for longer mainly for International participants to enjoy the competition at their convenience. |
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Posts: 81 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | Tejal Phatak posted @ 2012-06-01 5:22 PM Are both Battleships going to be Classic? No variant? |
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Posts: 175 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | Organisers posted @ 2012-06-01 5:23 PM Tejal Phatak - 2012-06-01 5:22 PM Both Battleships have same rules.Are both Battleships going to be Classic? No variant? |
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Posts: 89 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | utkaarsh posted @ 2012-06-01 5:35 PM I thought a 15 minute window is available as per IB, it says for IPC answers will not be accepted after 16.45, referring to previous comments by Prasanna Pls confirm Edited by utkaarsh 2012-06-01 5:37 PM |
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Posts: 81 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | Tejal Phatak posted @ 2012-06-01 5:41 PM You can start between 2pm and 2.15pm anytime, latest being 2.15pm if you want to make use of complete 150 minutes. |
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Posts: 5 Country : United States | Yokipi posted @ 2012-06-01 8:35 PM Sorry, a bit of a semantics clarification question... Instruction Booklet - Masyu: "and it may not visit all cells" Does this imply that a solution cannot visit all cells, or simply that it is not a requirement that all cells must be visited?Edited by Yokipi 2012-06-01 8:36 PM |
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Posts: 175 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | Organisers posted @ 2012-06-01 10:01 PM Yokipi - 2012-06-01 8:35 PM It is not a requirement to visit all cells. Sorry, a bit of a semantics clarification question... Instruction Booklet - Masyu: "and it may not visit all cells" Does this imply that a solution cannot visit all cells, or simply that it is not a requirement that all cells must be visited? |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | debmohanty posted @ 2012-06-01 11:35 PM More practice materials : Gapped Kakuro : http://yureklis.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/puzzle-4-gapped-kakuro/ Liar Slitherlink : http://mellowmelon.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/puzzle-403/ TomTom : http://motris.livejournal.com/167205.html |
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Posts: 175 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | Organisers posted @ 2012-06-02 10:09 PM Announcements• Password protected pdf is uploaded. • It has 16 pages. There is no cover page or points table. The booklet doesn't have example puzzles. • Players are advised to download the booklet prior to "Starting IPC". • There is no bonus points. • There is no "Claim Bonus" or "I am done" button. |
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Posts: 542 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2012-06-02 11:00 PM Just one clarification. I hope Coded TomTom follows instructions of previous TomTom puzzle which says that Place digits from 1 to N where is the size of the grid. In the coded TomTom examples digits from 1-5 (N=5) are not placed. I am hoping that this is just an example. In the actual puzzle we have to put numbers from 1 to N? |
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Posts: 81 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | Tejal Phatak posted @ 2012-06-02 11:18 PM No Rajesh, the numbers need not be 1-N, they can be any set of numbers provided A<B<C<D<E |
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Posts: 5 Country : United States | Yokipi posted @ 2012-06-03 12:43 AM Another somewhat trivial clarification question... For Kakuro, "Digits must not repeat within any sum." if the column/row clue is blank (i.e. there is no sum), does the rule still hold? |