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@ 2014-03-18 10:34 AM (#14642) (#14642) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2014-03-18 10:34 AM



@ 2014-03-30 3:14 AM (#14713 - in reply to #14642) (#14713) Top

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margareta456 posted @ 2014-03-30 3:14 AM

it will be sudoku or puzzle contest?
@ 2014-03-30 5:16 AM (#14714 - in reply to #14713) (#14714) Top

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2014-03-30 5:16 AM

margareta456 - 2014-03-30 3:14 AM

it will be sudoku or puzzle contest?


A Puzzle contest, but as a test-solver I can confirm that there will be something for the Sudoku solvers to attempt as well.
@ 2014-04-03 7:15 AM (#14768 - in reply to #14714) (#14768) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2014-04-03 7:15 AM

About April Contest

Please note this contest will have a slightly different format than regular LMI tests. The format will be same as last year's contest.

Key differences from regular LMI tests:
• There will not be an IB (i.e. no Instructions Booklet)
• The PB (Puzzle Booklet) will not have any password
• After the contest starts, you can download the pdf and start solving. Login at the contest page to start submitting.
• There is no time limit. You can submit until the contest ends.
• There will be some optimizer puzzles.
• Same scores will have same rank (i.e. early submissions do not count towards rank)

@ 2014-04-04 1:36 AM (#14783 - in reply to #14642) (#14783) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2014-04-04 1:36 AM

April Contest has started

• Puzzle booklet (without password) is now available.
• This thread will remain open (unrestricted) throughout the contest - which will allow players to ask questions about the puzzles.
• The red warnings for optimizer puzzles are not always correct. You can ignore them, if you are fairly sure that your answer keys are in correct format;
• The score page is not ready yet.

@ 2014-04-04 1:15 PM (#14795 - in reply to #14642) (#14795) Top

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Mihalich posted @ 2014-04-04 1:15 PM

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Mihalich posted @ 2014-04-04 1:18 PM

Is the April Contest document available in Russian?
@ 2014-04-04 3:11 PM (#14798 - in reply to #14642) (#14798) Top

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rvarun posted @ 2014-04-04 3:11 PM

Hi. I have a query on the Fire puzzle. In the example, when time = 1 second, R3C3 is lighted. Will this flame lights up the match in R3C2 in N=1 or N=2. As per the example, it suggests N=2 but I am confirming whether a match will light up another match in the same second or next second.
@ 2014-04-04 4:18 PM (#14801 - in reply to #14795) (#14801) Top

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Riad Khanmagomedov posted @ 2014-04-04 4:18 PM

Mihalich - 2014-04-04 1:15 PM



Vladimir, I will answer you by email.
@ 2014-04-04 4:25 PM (#14802 - in reply to #14798) (#14802) Top

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Riad Khanmagomedov posted @ 2014-04-04 4:25 PM

rvarun - 2014-04-04 3:11 PM

Hi. I have a query on the Fire puzzle. In the example, when time = 1 second, R3C3 is lighted. Will this flame lights up the match in R3C2 in N=1 or N=2. As per the example, it suggests N=2 but I am confirming whether a match will light up another match in the same second or next second.


If this second lights up the match in R3C3, the next second will light up cells R2C3 and R3C4.
@ 2014-04-04 4:36 PM (#14803 - in reply to #14642) (#14803) Top

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greenhorn posted @ 2014-04-04 4:36 PM

Hi Riad, I want to ask you, whether all line segments which form the turn (in My Line - puzzle 4) have identical lenghts. In the example they have (number 3 and three ?).
Thanks in advance
@ 2014-04-04 4:37 PM (#14804 - in reply to #14642) (#14804) Top

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forcolin posted @ 2014-04-04 4:37 PM

a question on puzzle 1 fire

how many matches are lit at the beginning? Just one or may be more than one? does "some match" mean " a certain match" or "some matches"?
@ 2014-04-04 6:50 PM (#14805 - in reply to #14642) (#14805) Top

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mathcrazy posted @ 2014-04-04 6:50 PM

What are optimizer puzzles?
@ 2014-04-04 6:50 PM (#14806 - in reply to #14803) (#14806) Top

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Riad Khanmagomedov posted @ 2014-04-04 6:50 PM

greenhorn - 2014-04-04 4:36 PM

Hi Riad, I want to ask you, whether all line segments which form the turn (in My Line - puzzle 4) have identical lenghts. In the example they have (number 3 and three ?).
Thanks in advance

Hi Matus,
In each cell with a digit or "?" line turns. Segments comprising this corner have an identical length. In cells without digit or "?" where the line turning angle lengths may be different.
@ 2014-04-04 6:52 PM (#14807 - in reply to #14804) (#14807) Top

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Riad Khanmagomedov posted @ 2014-04-04 6:52 PM

forcolin - 2014-04-04 4:37 PM

a question on puzzle 1 fire

how many matches are lit at the beginning? Just one or may be more than one? does "some match" mean " a certain match" or "some matches"?

Just one, Stefano.
@ 2014-04-04 6:55 PM (#14808 - in reply to #14805) (#14808) Top

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Riad Khanmagomedov posted @ 2014-04-04 6:55 PM

mathcrazy - 2014-04-04 6:50 PM

What are optimizer puzzles?

The last three puzzles.
@ 2014-04-04 7:30 PM (#14809 - in reply to #14642) (#14809) Top

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chaotic_iak posted @ 2014-04-04 7:30 PM

To clarify in puzzle 2 (Minefields), the numbers are treated as empty spaces, right? (And hence a numbered cell in the small grid doesn't have to correspond to a numbered cell in the large grid; it just needs to correspond to an empty cell in the large grid, numbered or not.) Otherwise there's an obvious contradiction. But clarifying...

And for puzzles 10 and 11, are the bounds M,N included? Or to be more explicit, take puzzle 10 (Loop Between the Polyominoes): is the maximum allowed grid size 26x26 or 27x27?

Edited by chaotic_iak 2014-04-04 7:32 PM
@ 2014-04-04 7:56 PM (#14810 - in reply to #14809) (#14810) Top

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Riad Khanmagomedov posted @ 2014-04-04 7:56 PM

chaotic_iak - 2014-04-04 7:30 PM

To clarify in puzzle 2 (Minefields), the numbers are treated as empty spaces, right? (And hence a numbered cell in the small grid doesn't have to correspond to a numbered cell in the large grid; it just needs to correspond to an empty cell in the large grid, numbered or not.) Otherwise there's an obvious contradiction. But clarifying...

And for puzzles 10 and 11, are the bounds M,N included? Or to be more explicit, take puzzle 10 (Loop Between the Polyominoes): is the maximum allowed grid size 26x26 or 27x27?

With my knowledge of English is hard to understand a question about Puzzle 2. I hope that Prasanna understand it and respond.

In Puzzle 10 the three maximum allowed grids are 26 x 26, 25 x 26, 26 x 25. M, N in puzzles 10 and 11 are not related.
@ 2014-04-04 8:33 PM (#14811 - in reply to #14642) (#14811) Top

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chaotic_iak posted @ 2014-04-04 8:33 PM

I mean, can a number inside the small grid correspond to an empty space in the large grid or must it correspond to another number?
@ 2014-04-04 8:48 PM (#14812 - in reply to #14642) (#14812) Top

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mathcrazy posted @ 2014-04-04 8:48 PM

For My Line of Puzzle 4, does the reverse rule apply? In the sense, if the line makes a turn at a cell, should that cell definitely contain a number?
@ 2014-04-04 8:56 PM (#14813 - in reply to #14642) (#14813) Top

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mathcrazy posted @ 2014-04-04 8:56 PM

In the Borderless Pentomino example, what significance do the rightmost 3 at the top and bottommost 3 at the right have? There are no pentominoes in those directions...
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chaotic_iak - 2014-04-04 8:33 PM

I mean, can a number inside the small grid correspond to an empty space in the large grid or must it correspond to another number?

A number inside the small grid can correspond to an empty space in the large grid.
@ 2014-04-04 9:12 PM (#14815 - in reply to #14812) (#14815) Top

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Riad Khanmagomedov posted @ 2014-04-04 9:12 PM

mathcrazy - 2014-04-04 8:48 PM

For My Line of Puzzle 4, does the reverse rule apply? In the sense, if the line makes a turn at a cell, should that cell definitely contain a number?

I answered a similar question from Matus:
In cells without digit or "?" where the line turning angle lengths may be different. But may also be identical.
@ 2014-04-04 9:16 PM (#14816 - in reply to #14813) (#14816) Top

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Riad Khanmagomedov posted @ 2014-04-04 9:16 PM

mathcrazy - 2014-04-04 8:56 PM

In the Borderless Pentomino example, what significance do the rightmost 3 at the top and bottommost 3 at the right have? There are no pentominoes in those directions...

In example pentominoes can be only into 4 x 4 area.
@ 2014-04-04 9:20 PM (#14817 - in reply to #14816) (#14817) Top

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mathcrazy posted @ 2014-04-04 9:20 PM

Riad Khanmagomedov - 2014-04-04 9:16 PM

mathcrazy - 2014-04-04 8:56 PM

In the Borderless Pentomino example, what significance do the rightmost 3 at the top and bottommost 3 at the right have? There are no pentominoes in those directions...

In example pentominoes can be only into 4 x 4 area.


Then why does the last column contain 3 at the top when it is not part of the 4x4 area? What is the significance of that 3?
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