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History Of Sudoku Part 1

Melvin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:53:09 +0000

For the next few days, I have decided to give some of my readers a brief history of Sudoku and how this puzzle has grown in popularity. Although this lesson may not help you with your puzzle solving skill, it is still good to know the origins of a game we all deeply love.

The origins of Sudoku can be traced back to 1979, when it’s first puzzle was created by a retired architect named Howard Garns. During this time, the puzzle was only termed as a “number placement” game, and it was inspired by the latin square invention of Leonhard Euler, but with the unit restrictions and partially filled squares. The puzzle was first published by Dell Magazines in their Dell Pencil Puzzles and Word Games.

It was not until 1984, that the puzzle game acquired its popularity in Japan. In April of 1984 the puzzle game was introduced by Nikoli in their monthly periodical Nikolist. It was during this time that the puzzle was called “Suuji wa dokushin ni kagiru” which means “the number must be single” or in simpler terms, ” the number must occur only once”. This name was given by President Kaji Maki, who was the president of Nikoli, and it wasn’t until a later date that he abbreviated the name to “SudoKu”. In 1986, Nikoli presented two more innovations to the puzzle that greatly contributed to its global popularity. The first addition was the limitation of no more than 32 givens for a Sudoku and the second innovation was the creation of “symmetrical” puzzles, which meant that all the givens were distributed in rotationally symmetrical cells. Since then, Sudoku has grown in popularity across Japan and it is now being published in other periodicals, like Asahi Shimbun. Unto this very day, Nikoli still holds the trademark for the term “sudoku” in Japan and other publications are forced to use alternate terms for this number puzzle.

………. To Be Continued!

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The Death Of Sudoku Puzzles

Melvin — Fri, 04 May 2007 21:26:51 +0000

Maybe it’s just my own observation; or could it be that we are actually seeing the slow decline of yet another popular puzzle game.

Have any of you noticed that sudoku and its addictive number puzzles are not talked about much?

Of course we know that over time it has lost its “craze element”. However, are we slowly approaching the death of sudoku and sudoku puzzles?

I am looking forward to hearing your comments and answers to this
question. Also, help me out be rating this post.

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3D Sudoku Puzzles In Action

Melvin — Fri, 04 May 2007 17:25:21 +0000

I just ran across a new and interesting game for you samurai sudoku lovers. How would you like to solve a 3D sudoku puzzle? Or should I ask, have any of you solved a 3D sudoku puzzle? To discover what I am talking about you must visit the site of Hans van Briemen and Lensoft International.

They are the creators of the 3D Sudoku Ball, which is an internet game that allows you to solve sudoku over a three dimensional ball, which makes the puzzle game more challenging and time consuming. To check out the 3D sudoku ball go to www.sudoku-ball.com. I did, and I can honestly say that seeing sudoku on a soccer ball can add much amusement to your daily sudoku playing.

Go to the site and check it out. Afterwards, return and tell me what you think. I would love to hear your comments about this newonline sudoku game.

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Sudoku VS. Kakuro

Melvin — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:31:00 +0000

While sudoku is still on its way to becoming a household term in the United States, another big brother of this popular puzzle game is currently on the rise. Kakuro, or cross-sums, is now popping its head up as the most amusing number logic puzzle game created. Last year, ABC News reported that the popularity of kakuro has ecclipsed that of sudoku in Japan and the UK.

Even though Kakuro can not be found in every major publication, it has been voted as the ‘new craze’ among sudoku enthusiasts worldwide. Sudoku puzzles are currently printed in nearly every major newspaper and magazine around the world and its safe to say that most individuals you know may have attempted to solve a sudoku puzzle at some point. But when you hear of countries like China, jumping on the Kakuro train, that’s a definite sign that this puzzle game is on its way to becoming a popular and enjoyable past time, just like its younger brother sudoku. Chinese college students are finding this game more challenging than sudoku. Cheng Hao, who is a college student from Shenzhen, discovered kakuro while searching for sudoku puzzles on the internet. He has now become addicted to kakuro and plays it more than sudoku.

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Futoshiki Murders Sudoku ?

Melvin — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:01:25 +0000

Sudoku has become the brain narcotic of the 21st century. Many individuals have become hooked and addicted to the challenge it brings. The popular puzzle game has now made its way onto the pages of many national newspapers and various publications. However, these fiendish puzzles better watch out, because there’s a new brainteaser that is slowly gaining approval in the puzzle solving community.

Futoshiki, also called Hutoshiki, is a number logic puzzle game from Japan that is gradually becoming more likeable than the game sudoku. It is similar to sudoku because you have to place a set of numbers in a particular order so that each row and column contains the numbers once. But what makes futoshiki slightly different is not only the removal of the 3X3 box constraint seen in general sudoku, but the addition of greater than or less than signs that affects the number placement in each of the cells.

Futoshiki which means “not equal”, may appear to be straightforward and easy to solve, but just like in most sudoku puzzles, we can not be deceived by appearances.

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Sudoku Puzzles Help Mathematicians

Melvin — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:40:39 +0000

As sudoku is becoming increasingly popular in the United States, many universities are adopting these number puzzles as a means to develop math and problem solving skills in college students. As ACT scores continue to decline below the national average, there will be a greater need to introduce resources and material that will help incoming college students develop math solving skills. Mathematicians believe that sudoku puzzles are a good way to help below average students with this ability.

“Sudoku can help develop math skills because players are encouraged to use logic and skill that normal math classes may not exercise,” said Tracy Roberts, who is an assistant registrar for research at Murray State. Often times, it’s not solely the math principles that students misunderstand, but it’s the logic and reasoning involved in using the math principles to solve problems that most students have a hard time doing. Some professionals believe that the solution to helping these students would be to use a tool that will get their brains thinking in a way it has never thought before. The infamous logic game called sudoku is one of the best means to do this. It is not only a number game of logic and critical reasoning, but it is also a very fun and entertaining game to play.

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The 2nd World Sudoku Championship

Melvin — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:24:59 +0000

This is to inform all the sudoku experts around the world that the World Puzzle Federation wil be having their 2nd World Sudoku Championship in Prague, Czech Republic on March 28th – April 1st. This is a great opportunity for puzzlers to gather and compete for the title of sudoku grandmaster.

Last year, the 1st World Sudoku Championship was held in Lucca, Italy as a three day event that began with an opening dinner\banquet. The following days were filled with intense puzzle solving of every type of sudoku imagineable. Representatives from 22 nations gathered to become a part of this three day event. This tournament was won by a 31 year old Czech Economist named Jana Tylova.

Anyone can become involved and represent their country in this competition. However, the maximum number of participants is limited to six per team. For those that love to solve complex sudoku puzzles and would enjoy being a part of this competion, visit the following link to learn more about this upcoming tournament.

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10 Best Online Sudoku Sites

Melvin — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:03:47 +0000

The following list is a list of my favorite online sudoku sites. I love playing sudoku, and these are the sites I visit, from time to time, when I have an urge to play. Since Sudoku is becoming a global craze, there are hundreds of these free online sudoku sites on the internet. Here’s the list below:

1. WebSudoku.com

2. SudokuSlam.com

3. SudokuBear.com

4. BrainBashers.com

5. dkmsoftware.com/sudoku

6. SudokuOnline.us

7. SudokuKingdom.com

8. SudokuLive.net

9. SudokuPuzzles.net

10. Sudoku.org/sudoku-play-online.php

Most of these sudoku sites are very similar in their playability and functionality but some may have a slighltly different way of adding numbers \ solutions to the grid. Each puzzle you attempt to solve is timed and there are ways of choosing the level of difficulty for each sudoku. Some of the sites may contain a unique theme that makes the puzzle solving less boring or general.

If you have any other online sudoku sites you would like to list or recommend to others, please leave a comment on this site.

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