The third Sudokucup Tournament was run online on the website, www.sudokucup.com from Czech Republic. This Tournament caters to the best of the best from all over the world.  A large number of puzzlers participated in the competition, but only 484 submitted their solutions, ranging from 1 to 15 within the two hour limit for submission.

The table below, of the top 10 in the Tournament, is reproduced from the above website.

The rest of the results, and more details, can be seen at www.sudokucup.com

We are honoured that three of the top 10 have graced our puzzles site and are our Puzzle Members. Congratulations to the top 10 and all those who participated.

Daily Puzzles will commence on 1st January 2010. You can play three puzzles; Easy, Medium and Hard. Every one plays the same puzzles. Your points and time taken will be displayed on the Daily Leader Board. There will be a monthly Roll of Honour of the top 50 players for the month.

The Weekly Puzzles will  continue, as before, similarly.

Have Fun! Monitor your progress on the Leader Boards and invite your friends to compete with you.

Random Puzzles, with Leader Boards for the three levels, are still available for those who wish to play just one or many puzzles of your choice.

Quick Puzzles are for those not registered as Puzzle Members. There will be no Leader Board.

Click here for the Puzzles Page.

Wishing all Puzzle Members and Visitors a Happy New Year.

The following is an announcement placed on the sudoku.com.my Facebook group, on the SudokuCup Tournament, Online, to be held on 16th January 2010. Please visit the sites by clicking on the urls below, for further information.

The participants in this Tournament will be the top Sudoku players in the world and many variations of Sudoku will be used. Some Malaysians will be participating in this Tournament. If you feel up to it, do sign up or let your friends know.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185928190939&ref=nf

http://sudokucup.com

Lim Vee Loon has this week made it to the first spot from 5th two weeks back; and Jia Hao is 2nd from 4th position last week. Sean Choo is back in 3rd spot since his 3rd placing four weeks ago, and this is his fourth time in the Top 10. Congratulations to the Top Three. » Read more

Benny Lim has moved to first spot from his position in second last week. John Dan has in tandem moved from third to second spot this week, having occupied the first spot the previous week. Welcome back, Lim Kar Gee, in third position. Congratulations to the top three. » Read more

Welcome back Jakub Hrazdira to the number 1 spot, after a fortnight’s hiatus.  John Dan has been edged to third position with the maiden appearance of Benny Lim in the 2nd spot. Tung Seen is in for the third week consecutively and Suganthy is in her third time in the Top 10.

Lim Vee Loon is  back to active playing, occupying  5th place.  Jojo has returned in 6th, and Shamsul Izahan in 9th, a few weeks after their 4th and 5th placement in the week of 26th October. Lim Tiow Yam is back after a break last week, in 10th. We would like to welcome Cheng Poh Sheng in the first appearance in the Top 10 at 7th. » Read more

The Best Times of the Puzzle Members in the Random Puzzles is displayed in the Honour Rolls below. These are the Top 50 for the period from March 2009 to date. These Honour Rolls will be archived after December 2009. The Random Puzzles will be shifted to Quick Puzzles for casual visitors, who can play without registration, where the time will not be recorded in a Leader Board.

Everyone has been playing different puzzles within each level, and those who attempted more puzzles during the month could possibly secure good times on the Monthly Leader Board.

To make it equitable to Puzzle Members competing on the Leader Boards, we will introduce Daily Puzzles from January 2010. Everyone will be playing the same puzzles and the Monthly Honour Rolls will be on the new Daily Puzzles. We plan to introduce more difficult puzzles, contributed by members, in the Weekly Puzzles.

We had the honour of playing host to some of the top players in Malaysia and Worldwide. We wish to thank all the Puzzle Members who have been playing on our site and we assure you that we will continue to innovate and make your playing experience fun and challenging.

We hope to see more frequent participation, with more members. You can expect to see many changes in positions in the Honour Roll each month. » Read more

John Dan from UK is the  Champion this time, in his maiden attempt at the Weekly Puzzles site.  Suganthy Ramasamy is in 2nd from 4th, two weeks back; welcome back to the Top 10. Both of them were also in the top two positions in the Random Puzzles site in Oct and Nov. in the reverse order. Maria Wong secured 3rd place in her first attempt on the Weekly puzzles. Welcome the new Puzzle Members and Congratulations to the Top three. » Read more

Congratulations to Chen Cen from China who has this week succeeded in securing the First spot in the Weekly Puzzles, after holding the second and third positions in the last three weeks. We welcome Tung Seen from Malaysia to the Leader Board in the second position. Sean Choo from Malaysia has advanced from 17th to the Third place; welcome to the Top Three. » Read more

Some good news for those who want to lose weight. It has been reported that Mental Exercises such as solving Sudoku Puzzles and doing Crosswords can burn an average of 90 calories an hour.

Mental agility expert, Tim Forrester, from the Brain Training website Canny Minds said that “giving the brain a workout burns calories in the same way that giving the body a workout does”.

He said that “When we do something challenging such as a puzzle or a quiz we burn through 1.5 calories every minute.

Source: www.cannyminds.com and www.telegraph.co.uk

Jakub Hrazdira is in the top spot for the 3rd week in a row. Congratulations. Chen cen has successfully defended his second spot. Welcome, Lim Fong who clinched the 3rd position. » Read more

Jakub Hrazdira from the Czech Repuplic is again number 1. Congratulations! Chen Cen from China and Peh Wan Liang from Singapore have moved to 3rd and 4th positions while Malay Sia, a new member from Malaysia, has moved into 2nd place. » Read more