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Fri, 10/17/2014 - 12:54 — Admin

Points assigned to competition puzzles

 

Round  1

Ordinary sudoku Time limit = 60 min

 

Points in total = 200 Time bonus = 4 p/m

1

Classics 10

2

Classics 17

3

Classics 23

4

Diagonal 19

5

Consecutive 12

6

Windoku 20

7

Greater Than 26

8

Killer 16

9

Quadro 27

10

Irregular 30

 

Round 2

Extraordinary sudoku Time limit = 120 min

 

Points in total = 549 Time bonus = 4 p/m

1

Ordering 56

2

Counting the neighbours 60

3

Clock-faces 35

4

Irregular dots 33

5

Knight and Queen 26

6

Increasing snake 24

7

Primrose 32

8

Blackout sums 41

9

Four winds 55

10

Surprise puzzle 39

11

Elimination 42

12

Inside skyscrapers 46

13

Choose the givens 28

14

Transfer 32

 

Answer coding

 
Majority of the puzzles uses standard 1 to 9 set.
There are two exceptions in the second round: Code for puzzle 5 uses digits 1 to 7 and letters „N“ and „Q“. Code for puzzle 7 is not made out of a row, you should write down digits 1 through 9 around a pointed circle. Code for puzzle 8 has a digit 0 for a black cell. Code for puzzle 10 consists of several digits and letters.

Instructions supplement

 
In puzzle 6 in the second round – Increasing snake – the snake goes through 4 consecutive cells in one box, and then leaves to the neighbouring box. Moreover the snake’s body does not touch itself. From the previous instructions we repeat that the position of snake’s body is not unique, but there is only one solution of the sudoku.

Author’s warning

 
Round 1 consists of well-known Sudoku types while Round 2 consists of really exotic variations – if you will read the instructions during competition for the first time, you will probably suffer more than I wish you to suffer. Please, be prepared.