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Pali

Hi,
I noticed, today, the new SU DO KU puzzle series, with a reference to Sudexel rather than sudoku-xls.com in the copyright acknowledgement. I must say, the puzzle today is much more doable. The last few from the old series only had 19 digits and were, in my opinion, impossible to solve. Well done Asian Age. The 1st of the new series looks good, and I finished it in my tea break, this morning (London Time).

I've also started the SU DO KU 2 puzzle, but it's definitely more difficult, as it should be, so I hope I'll finish it on the way home on the tube this evening.
Cheers
Pali Cool

Pali · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject: Nice puzzles

Hi,
Am I talking to myself? I've been doing the new series of SU DO KU in The Asian Age for the last week now and they're great. They look and feel different to the old ones. Is it just me or has anyone else noticed?

Pali
Surprised

admin · Site Admin Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 33

Pali · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:47 pm Post subject: Re: Nice puzzles

jeffloeb · Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 202

When I try http://asianage.com and click on the sudoku link I get stuff about donors, and a line saying Sudoku description.

But no puzzles.

The puzzles show up when I try the link for the Deccan Chronicle.

Jeff

admin · Site Admin Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 33

Jeff,

The Deccan Chronicle website is better. The same puzzles are printed on the same day in both newspapers, so it doesn't matter which one you look at. I have subscribed to the Deccan Chronicle ePaper which is free and gives me a high resolution printable copy of the Su·do·ku & Su·do·ku 2. The puzzles are usually found around pages 8 or 9.

The Su·do·ku 2 yesterday (Thursday 28 Feb) is rather a good one. It only has 19 digits in the unsolved puzzle (very sparse indeed), but it can be solved using relatively simple logic. Today's Su·do·ku2 puzzle (Friday 29 Feb), however, is a different matter. It has 21 digits. I challenge anyone to solve it, with a pen & paper, using logic alone. I think bifurcation will be necessary.

Admin Cool

jeffloeb · Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 202

Hmpf. Trev "carps" that you have no link to his site. Well look at the other site of the coin. Does he have a link to your site? Laughing

Actually I could provide some goodwill by adding BOTH your sites (sudoku-xls.com and sudokutanto.net) in addition to forums.sudexel.com, to the links in Yahoo's SW group.

Jeff

jeffloeb · Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 202

I didn't see any sudoku on pages 8 or 9 of the Deccan Chronicle. Maybe they moved it, or eliminated it.

There's not even a search feature, where I could type in sudoku.

Jeff

jeffloeb · Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 202

I did not see any sudoku in the Deccan Chronicle e-paper

But I did see a sudoku and a sudoku 2 in the Asian Age e-paper.

Do you think I need to appraise folks in Yahoo's puzzles and puzzleteasers group about these newspapers and both of them have e-papers? Loads of solvers from India in those two groups.

Jeff