Sudoku Tips

Getting to Know the Game

admin — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:11:04 +0000

Before you even start to play the game, there are a number of things that you’ll need and the first of these is a decent sharp pencil, an eraser, and a beverage of your choice. When you’ve got those things all together, it’s time to start playing Sudoku.
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Sudoku Origins

admin — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:08:09 +0000

It should be no surprise that a game that’s as much fun to play as Sudoku has a very interesting history as well. Any fan of this game that’s swept North America and other places will be interested to know that the game goes as far back as eighteenth century Europe and one Swiss mathematician that developed a mathematical puzzle. This puzzle was called Latin Squares at the time and for some time after it was first invented, it disappeared after an initial wave of success. But it was soon to resurface and eventually make it’s way to the United States.
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The History of Number Games

admin — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:06:56 +0000

The history of that number game you play on the way to work every day goes farther back than you think. In fact the history of number games predates many of the other kinds of entertainment we enjoy. In fact, there is historical evidence of the Egyptians playing a variation of our modern Sudoku as far back as 1850 B.C.
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The Basics of Sudoku

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:51:45 +0000

There are many games available on the market today that challenge people to use various types of skills. More and more, people are turning to the kind of games that make them think and/or force them to sharpen their talents in one way or another. It seems that people are looking for past times that do more than just entertain and Sudoku is catching on as it fits the bill. Lately, you’re likely to see someone playing the game no matter where you go and it’s availability has increased dramatically with the online versions that are available now.
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Numbers Shaping Our Lives

admin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:59:46 +0000

Most people who love to play number games like the highly successful Sudoku may or may or know that the numbers they’re playing with have a historical influence on our lives. We might have an inkling about how important these numbers are to our way of life without being cognizant of just how far numerals go in the development of humankind. So as you sit filling in those numbers, you might want to think about the fact they you’re not just playing, you’re touching a part of history as well.

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Benjamin Franklin and Numbers

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:57:11 +0000

Who knows, maybe if Benjamin Franklin had been alive during our times he would have been a big Sudoku player too. It seems that Franklin, like Thomas Jefferson, had an affinity for numbers. In his autobiography, he wrote of being ashamed at his ignorance of numbers. To remedy this situation, he got some arithmetic books and learned to read them well.

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Sudoku: What it’s About

admin — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:30:59 +0000

The modern version of Sudoku shares a past that goes back further than most people might think. In the late 19^th century, a French newspaper had a game in its pages where magic numbers were lifted and then replaced. Within three years the game was redefined in the French media to the point where it closely resembled a predecessor of the modern Sudoku game. It’s clear that the public’s fascination with the numbers game did not start recently with this puzzle, but this early version disappeared around the time of the First World War. At the time, no one knew what kind of comeback it would make.

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Sudoku is Big Business

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:35:41 +0000

You’ve more than likely already heard about the latest craze in puzzle games that’s called Sudoku. This latest craze has the blessings of the all the players who find it challenging and stimulating as well as the parents who see how Sudoku helps to sharpen the minds of their children. The makers of the game tout it as simple, easy to play, and yet challenging, and the craze is attracting some pretty big attention.

The World Puzzle Federation is starting to pay attention to Sudoku to the extent that their website has just announced the members that have been selected for the 2008 US Sudoku team which will travel to India for the third World Sudoku Championships to be held this April. The puzzle game is attracting the kind of attention that is usually reserved for bigger team oriented sports and one of the members picked for the American team going to India has had another major success with Sudoku.

Thomas Snyder won the Philadelphia Inquirer’s National Sudoku Championship recently and the contest was held in the city of Brotherly Love in front of over one hundred spectators. There were a reported 900 contestants. Winning the contest brought more to Snyder than just bragging rights and a trip to the Third Word Championship in India too.

He should be able to travel in style as the first place finish netted him a $10,000 dollar first prize.

Snyder is no stranger to being a champion. Last year he won the individual honors in the second annual world championship that was overseen by the President of the Czech Republic where the contest was held. Even the larger news outlets are starting to pay attention.

In 2006, ESPN featured the United States puzzle team as part of its feature on the best American athletes for its magazine.