WPF SUDOKU GP 2015

COMPETITION BOOKLET

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Puzzle authors:
Netherlands
Richard Stolk

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1 Classic Sudoku
(20 points)
Place a digit from 1 to 9 in
1 2
each empty cell so that each
digit appears exactly once
in every row, column, and
3 4 5 7 9
outlined 33 region.
6 5
9 8 7 4
1A

6 3 2 1
8 4
4 8 5 6 7
1B
8 9
2 Classic Sudoku
(25 points)
Place a digit from 1 to 9 in
2A
7 6
each empty cell so that each
digit appears exactly once
in every row, column, and
5 6
outlined 33 region.
3 4 1 9
1 2 6
2B
8
9 2 1
8 9 4 3
6 5
4 7
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3 Classic Sudoku
(25 points)
Place a digit from 1 to 9 in
1 5 4
each empty cell so that each
digit appears exactly once
in every row, column, and
2 3
outlined 33 region.
4 5 6 2
7 8 9
3A
9 1
8 2 3
2 4 5 6
3B
7 8
1 2 9
4 Classic Sudoku
(30 points)
Place a digit from 1 to 9 in
5 3
each empty cell so that each
digit appears exactly once
in every row, column, and
4A
6
outlined 33 region.
1 7 5 8
8 5 4
9 6 4 3
7 3 2
4 8 1 7
4B
9
2 5
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5 Classic Sudoku
(35 points)
Place a digit from 1 to 9 in
1 8 5
each empty cell so that each
digit appears exactly once
in every row, column, and
5A
2 3 1
outlined 33 region.
3 9 6
7 4 2
5B
9 5 6
8 6 1
3 9 7
5 7 8
7 8 9
6 Classic Sudoku
(75 points)
Place a digit from 1 to 9 in
6
each empty cell so that each
digit appears exactly once
in every row, column, and
7 1 2
outlined 33 region.
8 3 4 5
2 6 7 8
6A

3 1 5 6
7 8 2 4
6 9 1
6B
7
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7 XV Sudoku
(40 points)
Apply Classic Sudoku rules.
6 4
Additionally, if an X is given
between two adjacent cells,
the digits in those cells sum
5 9
to 10. If a V is given between
two adjacent cells, the digits
7A
4 2
3 7 6
in those cells sum to 5. If an X
or V is not given, the two digits
cannot sum to 5 or 10.

2 8 4
1 2 9
7B
9 8
8 2
2 3
8 Odd Sudoku
(25 points)
Apply Classic Sudoku rules.
8A
1
Additionally, all digits in the
grey cells must be odd. 3 2 4
4 3
5 4 8
6 5
2 7 6
8 7
4 5 8
8B
6
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9 All Odd/Even Sudoku
(35 points)
Apply Classic Sudoku rules.
1 3
Additionally, within each
region, the digits in the grey
cells are either all odd or all
7 6
even.
2 7 9
1 6
9A
7 2
4 3
5 4
9B
2 3
5 2
10 Renban Sudoku
(40 points)
Apply Classic Sudoku rules.
8 4
Additionally, each grey region
contains a set of consecutive
10A
6 5 8
5 8 1
digits, with no constraint on
the order of the digits.

10B
2 7
4 7 9
3 5
5 2 1
7 1 2
9 5
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11 Thermo-Sudoku
(55 points)
Apply Classic Sudoku
9 1
rules. Additionally, some
thermometers are in the grid.
Digits on a thermometer are
11A
2
strictly increasing from the
round bulb. 6 3
8 4
3 5
5 6
7 1
11B
1
4 2
12 Arrow Sudoku
(50 points)
Apply Classic Sudoku rules.
12A
1
Additionally, some arrows are
in the grid. The digit in the
circle at the start of each arrow
6 2
must be equal to the sum of
the digits that appear along 3
9 4
the path of the arrow. Digits
can repeat within an arrow
shape.

8 5
7 6
12B
4
3 1
7
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13 Next to Nine Sudoku
(40 points) 4 5 2 1 2 2 7
Apply Classic Sudoku rules.
Additionally, clues outside the 6 7 3 4 3 7 7 3 8
grid indicate the digits that
sit next to 9 in that row or
column. These clues are given 1 5
in increasing order.
2 6
13A
7 8
2
13B
2
6 8
3 7
1 5
2 6
14 Round Off Sudoku
(50 points)
Apply Classic Sudoku rules.
14A 100
1 70

Additionally, each cage

clue indicates the value of
rounding off the two-digit
60 70
2 50 30

number within that cage to

the nearest multiple of 10.
20
3 80

4
Ending digits 1-4 are rounded 70 20 90 20
down, 5-9 are rounded up.

40
5 80

80 60
6 30 40

14B
30
7 90

90 10
8 40 60

30
9 50

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15 Mathrax Sudoku
(55 points) 15A
Apply Classic Sudoku 3 7+
rules. Additionally, some
intersections of the grid lines
are marked by a number and 3 1
an operator in a circle or a letter
in a circle. A number clue is the 16+ 4 O 36
value of the operation applied
to both pairs of diagonally
opposite cells. An O indicates
all four surrounding digits are
odd; an E indicates all four
surrounding digits are even. E 3

4 11+

11+ 7+

O E
15B

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