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by PuzzleScot
Mon 26 Feb, 2024 1:08 pm
Forum: Puzzle Competitions
Topic: UKPA Open Sudoku and Puzzle Tournament 2024
Replies: 13
Views: 649

Re: UKPA Open Sudoku and Puzzle Tournament 2024

Thanks so much to Liane for organising both tournaments and the venue yet again!

Lovely to meet everyone - old faces and new :)

Looking forward to finishing off the unsolved puzzles at leisure, and of course to doing it all again next year.
by PuzzleScot
Fri 20 Oct, 2023 12:36 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Good luck to the UK teams at the 2023 World Championships!
Replies: 1
Views: 2174

Re: Good luck to the UK teams at the 2023 World Championships!

Congratulations to Mark Goodliffe, who has won the Over 50s World Sudoku title!

Congratulations also to Calum Mailer for finishing in the top 3 of Newcomers in the same event.
by PuzzleScot
Mon 16 Oct, 2023 3:30 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Good luck to the UK teams at the 2023 World Championships!
Replies: 1
Views: 2174

Good luck to the UK teams at the 2023 World Championships!

This coming week, the 2023 World Sudoku Championship (WSC) and World Puzzle Championship (WPC) take place in Toronto, Canada. The final results, and hopefully regular intermediate results, will be published on the championships website at https://wspc2023.com The UK Puzzle Association wishes the bes...
by PuzzleScot
Sat 25 Mar, 2023 11:00 pm
Forum: Puzzle Competitions
Topic: UKPA Open Sudoku and Puzzle Tournament 2023
Replies: 20
Views: 9622

Re: UKPA Open Sudoku and Puzzle Tournament 2023

mwhite wrote: Sat 25 Mar, 2023 10:25 pm Puzzle Round 1 Puzzle 10 (Skyscrapers) - the example is incorrect. I think the 4 and the 3 on the left hand side are both one row too high.
I agree.
by PuzzleScot
Thu 12 Jan, 2023 12:38 pm
Forum: Welcome!
Topic: Newbie
Replies: 1
Views: 2649

Re: Newbie

Happy new year, and welcome!
by PuzzleScot
Mon 20 Jun, 2022 1:44 pm
Forum: Welcome!
Topic: Hello I am new here
Replies: 2
Views: 3210

Re: Hello I am new here

Welcome Amanda,

You'll certainly find plenty of different types of sudoku here!

Take a look through some of the past sudoku contests on the Puzzle Contests page.

Alan
by PuzzleScot
Tue 19 Oct, 2021 1:09 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Forum outage resolved.
Replies: 0
Views: 6726

Forum outage resolved.

The forum has been misbehaving for a few days now. I have upgraded the phpBB software on the 3rd attempt. It seems largely ok now, but I'm not convinced everything is perfect. What is fixed: - style sheets are showing the pages correctly - new topics, and replies to conversations are working - unrea...
by PuzzleScot
Wed 30 Sep, 2020 4:42 pm
Forum: Welcome!
Topic: Clickmazes relaunch
Replies: 5
Views: 12507

Re: Clickmazes relaunch

Hi Andrea! Pleased to see you back up and running.

For those that don't know, Andrea submitted some puzzles for our earlier UKPCs
by PuzzleScot
Mon 17 Aug, 2020 3:41 pm
Forum: Puzzle Links
Topic: Slitherlink variations
Replies: 0
Views: 7975

Slitherlink variations

The addictive kwontomloop (Fences/Slitherlink) site now has a variations daily puzzle too. https://kwontomloop.com/var/index.php

There are 5 or 6 styles. I'm enjoying this new daily challenge. I expect some of you might too.
by PuzzleScot
Sun 16 Aug, 2020 7:48 pm
Forum: Puzzle Competitions
Topic: [SOTR] Puzzle Lounge
Replies: 5
Views: 11720

Re: [SOTR] Puzzle Lounge

Thanks Tawan, I'll have a go!
by PuzzleScot
Fri 24 Jul, 2020 12:03 am
Forum: Puzzle Competitions
Topic: [SOTR] Puzzle Lounge
Replies: 5
Views: 11720

Re: [SOTR] Puzzle Lounge

Och. There were only 3 days left to submit when this was posted. Would love to have fully competed...

Tawan, please post earlier next time. Thanks - I love your puzzles
by PuzzleScot
Thu 23 Jul, 2020 11:51 pm
Forum: Welcome!
Topic: Hello :)
Replies: 2
Views: 10275

Re: Hello :)

Welcome jupilogy - hope you have fun!
by PuzzleScot
Wed 17 Jun, 2020 12:15 pm
Forum: Welcome!
Topic: Introduction
Replies: 1
Views: 8771

Re: Introduction

Welcome! Everyone starts somewhere. You can try any of our past contests, to get more experienced at online contests. In the puzzle links forum you will find links to all sorts of competitions, past and present. If you have any questions on how to solve anything, do post a request for help. (though ...
by PuzzleScot
Fri 12 Jun, 2020 11:59 am
Forum: Welcome!
Topic: Hello
Replies: 1
Views: 8515

Re: Hello

Welcome! Good luck to you too.
by PuzzleScot
Fri 05 Jun, 2020 3:49 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: UK Puzzle & Sudoku National Championships 2020
Replies: 0
Views: 10499

UK Puzzle & Sudoku National Championships 2020

UK Sudoku Championship 2020 - This will be held online at our contest page , Fri 12th to Mon 15th June 2020. For more details, including the opportunity to ask questions, please refer to the competition thread here: http://forum.ukpuzzles.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2097 UK Puzzle Championship 2020...
by PuzzleScot
Mon 16 Mar, 2020 3:16 am
Forum: General Puzzle Discussions
Topic: Where should a beginner start with puzzles?
Replies: 15
Views: 25211

Re: Where should a beginner start with puzzles?

Have a look at the other subforums here...

In the meantime, I'd add the following recommendations:

http://puzzlepicnic.com/

https://www.janko.at/Raetsel/Uebersicht.htm
by PuzzleScot
Mon 16 Mar, 2020 2:31 am
Forum: Puzzle Competitions
Topic: UKPA Open Sudoku and Puzzle Tournaments 2020
Replies: 16
Views: 27634

Re: UKPA Open Sudoku and Puzzle Tournaments 2020

Glad to hear all went smoothly, and a good time was had by all. So sorry I couldn't be there this year.

Thanks Liane for organising this weekend's events. Well done.Very much appreciated by everyone!

Thank you also to all the puzzle compilers, the test solvers, and to all that competed!
by PuzzleScot
Sun 01 Mar, 2020 12:43 am
Forum: Puzzle Competitions
Topic: UKPA Hybrid Sudoku Contest
Replies: 17
Views: 29002

Re: UKPA Hybrid Sudoku Contest

Glum: your latest comment has been removed, and your account temporarily deactivated.

It is expressly forbidden to discuss anything regarding an ongoing contest.
by PuzzleScot
Mon 17 Jun, 2019 3:58 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: World Sudoku Championship 2019 - UK team announcement
Replies: 0
Views: 14807

World Sudoku Championship 2019 - UK team announcement

Following the conclusion of the online UK Sudoku Championship a week ago, and the UKPA Open Sudoku tournament earlier this year, the UK A-team for the upcoming WSC can now be announced: David McNeill Tom Collyer Sam Cappelman-Lynes Neil Zussman 1st reserve: Mark Goodliffe 2nd reserve: Heather Goldin...
by PuzzleScot
Mon 27 May, 2019 11:14 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: 2019 UK Sudoku & Puzzle Championships
Replies: 1
Views: 15266

2019 UK Sudoku & Puzzle Championships

The 2019 UK Sudoku Championship will take place over the weekend of 8th-9th June 2019 (15:00 7th June to 23:59 10th June) The 2019 UK Puzzle Championship will be held 2 weeks later, over the weekend of 22nd-23rd June 2018 (15:00 21st June to 23:59 24th June) The championships will take place online...
by PuzzleScot
Tue 09 Apr, 2019 10:15 am
Forum: Puzzle Competitions
Topic: 24 HPC 2019
Replies: 7
Views: 20307

Re: 24 HPC 2019

4th 2nd place! Well done Neil!

(Edit: Oops! apologies Neil. That's fantastic!)
by PuzzleScot
Thu 29 Nov, 2018 12:50 pm
Forum: General Puzzle Discussions
Topic: PortaPuzzle Jigsaw Storage
Replies: 1
Views: 12056

Re: PortaPuzzle Jigsaw Storage

You can but grip matting online, or even at some supermarkets. Not that expensive, and might help.
by PuzzleScot
Sun 18 Nov, 2018 7:33 pm
Forum: Welcome!
Topic: Experienced solver, novice quick-solver
Replies: 1
Views: 12298

Re: Experienced solver, novice quick-solver

Welcome Chris!

There's plenty practice material here for you.
Perhaps head to the contests tab on the main site, and try the old UK sudoku (and puzzle!) championships.

Yes, hope to see you, and many more new puzzlers, at the 2019 Open events!
by PuzzleScot
Mon 05 Nov, 2018 12:17 pm
Forum: Puzzle Competitions
Topic: Good luck to the UK teams in Prague!
Replies: 7
Views: 21374

Re: Good luck to the UK teams in Prague!

Lunch break. No results yet...
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