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

Weekly Puzzles Competition held from 29th October to 03rd November; results in the table below. Congratulations to the Top 10.

Puzzles are available for playing online, or to print and play, 24/7/365 and the best times for the month will be recorded in the Easy, Medium and Hard Puzzles Leader Board.

Weekly Puzzles will open on Thursdays and end on Tuesdays, with three fixed puzzles and a separate Leader Board.

Daily Puzzles and Monthly Competitions will be introduced in December 2009. Click here for the Puzzle home page: www.sudoku.com.my/puzzle, to play online and to view the Leader Boards.

The Sudoku Competition UM 2009 was held at the Ungku Aziz Residential College at the University of Malaya on 29th September 2009. The event was organised by the Students of the College and facilitated by Sudoku.com.my Sdn. Bhd.

University of Malaya Sudoku Champions 2009

About 100 + students from various faculties competed in this first Sudoku Competition at the campus. The Organising Committee, comprising of 18 students, from the 11th College did a magnificent job to make the event a great success. The Hall was well lighted and decorated; participants had individual tables and chairs with their names affixed on the tables; the PA system worked well; the competitors were timed by so many scrutineers with cell phones with split timing. The recording of completion times at this competition was excellent compared to many bigger events that we have witnessed. The event was well coordinated and run without a hitch.

The students had good support from the Master of the College, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Jalil Othman and their Advisor, Mr. Teh Yuen Tat and all the Fellows of the College who were all present to grace the occasion.

UM Sudoku Competition Backdrop

The best Sudoku Puzzlers in the Asia Pacific, 62 participants from eight countries, competed in a keenly contested Sudoku Challenge to decide on the Asia Pacific Champion 2009. » Read more

Charissa Cheng, 16, of Malaysia was crowned Asia Pacific Sudoku Champion 2009 at the 2nd Brand’s Sudoku Challenge held at Vivo City, Singapore, on 23rd August 2009. Charissa walked away with S$10,000 and a Brand’s hamper worth S$ 300 and a trophy.

Malaysians won all three top prizes and the 5th prize. Lim Vee Loon was 1st runner up winning S$ 5,000 and Mohd. Hassin Farhan was 2nd runner up taking home S$ 2,500.

Amanda Kiong of Singapore was placed 4th and Tan Jia Hao of Malaysia was 5th. Gaurav Korde of India was placed 6th. The latter three received S$ 100 each.

62 participants from Singapore, India, Thailand, Philippines, Australia and Malaysia participated in a highly charged-up competition of 5 gruelling rounds. The best puzzlers from these countries were invited to vie for the coveted title.

After the 3rd round, which was an elimination round, 15 participants were selected to play in the 4th round. The top 5 from round 4 were invited to the stage for the Finals. The atmosphere was tense and electric as the participants battled their way to the Finals, leading and lagging through the first three rounds.

BRAND’S Sudoku Challenge, Singapore Open 2009

100 Finalists competed in the Singapore Open at the same venue, earlier in the day. They were the best of the 1000 who were shortlisted from the online competition held on the Stomp website in which about 100,000 Singaporeans participated. Congratulations to the winners, picture below.

Report of the event: » Read more

Congratulations to the Top 10 in the Online Competition held from 7^th to 11^th August 2009.

The following secured the top positions on the Competition Leader Board.

Competition Leader Board Top 10

We are happy to announce the launching of an Online Competition. The details will be available at www.sudoku.com.my/puzzle from 5^th August 2009.? The competition is open to all, worldwide, and will begin at 12:01 GMT on 7^th August and end at 11:59 GMT on 11^th August 2009. You can login with your password and play on any of these four days. » Read more

TESCO is organising a Sudoku Competition at at the Kulai and Plentong Malls in Johore Bharu this month. The competition is facilitated by Sudoku.com.my Sdn. Bhd.

The Preliminary Round 1 was held on 5th July 2009. The second Preliminary Round 2 was held on 19th July 09.

The Finals will be held on 2nd August 2009 at Kulai at 11.30 a.m and at Plentong at 2.30 p.m.

Photos of the participants at Kulai and Plentong on 5th July can be seen below.

Tesco Kulai

Tesco Plentong

Invitation to all Malaysian Sudoku Champions to the Asia Pacific Open 2009

Last year we organised a team of 9 players who joined the three BRAND’S Malaysia champions to compete in the Sudoku Challenge 2008 in Singapore.

The Malaysians secured the 3rd, 5th and 6th positions, and we hope that we will do better this year. Peruse the information below, and those qualified, please send in your Eligibility Forms early to info@sudoku.com.my.

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More than 100 Kids ages 7 to 15 participated in the Munchy’s Sudoku Challenge held during the Smart Kids 2009 Education Fair, on 11th April 2009, at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur. Sudoku.com.my Sdn. Bhd. facilitated the competition.

Some of the photos taken at the event are posted below.