More informations about the offline finals will be posted here. If you have any questions, you can ask here too.

Which city is this in

It will be held in Bangalore.

Edited by rvarun 2015-03-26 2:31 PM

Update - We have sent a mail requesting some details and giving some information to the top 50. If you are in the top 50 and haven't received a mail (check in spam too), let us know. Also, we will be answering competition related queries here, even if they are asked on mail.

One such query -
What is WSC format?
Typically a World Sudoku Championship includes multiple rounds of solving. The solver is tested not just in Classics and Variants, but also some different concepts which shift a little from the usual mode of thinking. It is also a test of endurance, since there will be multiple little rounds through the day instead of one 90 minute block. We'll be releasing the Instruction Booklet around 2 weeks before the event, and like the online rounds, this booklet will have more detailed information about round structure and variants and other rules involved.

It is said that IB will be 2 weeks before the event. But before that can I know which puzzles to practice(with links for puzzles) as i will understand some unfamiliar puzzles to me better if I get more time for practice.

We are still in the process of preparing the Sudokus, so listing down the variants is not possible at the moment.

However, we have decided that there will not be any new variant apart from the 35 appeared in the seven episodes of Mahabharat.

Hello Sir Prasanna,

This is Kunal alias ChessMaharaja. I haven't received any mail from LMI.

This is to tell that the Sudoku Mahabharata was much more exciting than the Sudoku GP at my level. Thanks to all authors and testers !!

It was sent to the email id tied to your ChessMaharaja account, so please check that one (and its spam).

Typically, a WSC has a Q&A session to cover the newer rules and any doubts in the instructions that participants may have. People can also clear their doubts on the forum itself before attending the event of course (in fact that's advisable), but consider this a final on-site check to ensure that everyone understands the rules, structure and format of each round of the competition.

Dear Finalists,
We are yet to receive any response from the following players. We are not sure if the registered email ids are correct. Can I request each of the 10 players below to confirm if they are coming or not? I hope it is not a difficult decision to make, but please let us know your decision by 7th April (Tuesday)

dp_94 (Firozabad)
akash.doulani (Kolkata)
utkaarsh (Mumbai)
nikaash (?)
deepika m (?)
prabhadoshi (Mumbai)
geosam (Bangalore)
vijaya_rajan (?)
amith1991 (?)
manikodi (Chennai)
oldmonk (?)

You do not need to respond here, just reply back Prasanna's email.

Regional Co-ordinators -
We're segmenting the co-ordination to that communications are easier.
Chennai participants may contact Varun R - 9940665662
Bangalore participants may contact Zalak
For the rest of India, Rakesh Rai has agreed to be the point of contact - 9840778403

When will the instruction booklet be published ?

Sometime tonight (late night)

Is linked Sudoku same as clone Sudoku ?

Conceptually yes.
But Clone has a single grid, and Linked Classics here have 2 grids.

The difficulty level for the sudoku's would be same/similar as published in instruction booklet?

Firstly, as mentioned in the instructions booklet (page 4), the difficulty of an example is not necessarily reflective of the difficulty of the corresponding competition Sudoku.
About the overall difficulty of different rounds, we have tried to match with that of the online rounds.

In round 2 , will there be odd Sudoku or odd even Sudoku ? Because its mentioned odd Sudoku in the ib , but the example is of odd even Sudoku

It will be Odd Even. The example is correct, the points table is not. Will fix the points table.

ETA: Fixed IB.

Edited by debmohanty 2015-05-01 2:59 PM

With just few days left, I wish all the participants best of luck. :)

For the relay round can the hints of Sudoku 1 be distributed to Sudoku 3? I think hints of Sudoku 1 can only go to Sudoku 2 and from Sudoku 2 to Sudoku 3.
In the IB for the Relay Sudoku (Classic -> Either Or -> Either Or) hints on Sudoku 3 are shown as A and B which needs to be corrected to C and D.