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Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August
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swaroop2011
Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-26 10:48 PM (#18840 - in reply to #18540) (#18840) Top



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If possible can we have page numbers in the actual puzzle booklet either in bottom right or top right corner, it would be really helpful. Thanks.
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Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-26 11:56 PM (#18841 - in reply to #18540) (#18841) Top



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Just a typo correction needed: In J3- Loop The Loops (Apply rules of J1,J2 slitherlink instead of K1,K2 Slitherlink).
mjaipal
Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-27 8:26 PM (#18846 - in reply to #18540) (#18846) Top





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Lots of new variants - to be expected from Prasanna :)
Didn't quite follow the Square count & unscramble.
In unscramble, r we just looking at the same letters occurring in both the options?

And in square count what are the number of squares belong to?
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Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-27 8:39 PM (#18847 - in reply to #18846) (#18847) Top



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mjaipal - 2015-07-27 8:26 PM

In unscramble, r we just looking at the same letters occurring in both the options?
Yes.

mjaipal - 2015-07-27 8:26 PM

And in square count what are the number of squares belong to?
The letter "A" belongs to 3 different squares. See image below.



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chaotic_iak
Subject: RE: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-27 10:11 PM (#18850 - in reply to #18540) (#18850) Top



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In Statue Park it says:

Answer key: Enter the first three pentominos seen along the marked rows & columns. (– if not enough pentominos).

Since the bank is not necessarily the set of pentominoes, I suppose it should read "three shapes" (and "not enough shapes") instead?
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Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-27 10:23 PM (#18851 - in reply to #18846) (#18851) Top


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mjaipal - 2015-07-27 8:26 PM

Lots of new variants - to be expected from Prasanna :)


Out of the Classics, only Not Alone and Balance Loop haven't appeared in multiple LMI contests before (not counting Three-Point Snake since the additional rule from normal snake is minimal and actually can make things easier). Some of the variants are probably newish. Anyway, here are some practice links.

Outside LITS - http://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/?s=Outside+LITS
Balance Loop - http://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/?s=Balance+Loop
Not Alone - http://puzzleparasite.blogspot.in/search/label/Not%20Alone - Just one unless you have the enthusiasm to deduce which grid is the Not Alone from the Matchmaker, but that one has a really cool deduction as a break-in.
Statue Park, Gapped Kakuro & Loop The Loops have both appeared in past LMI Marathons, so solving those should get you more than enough practice on the two types. Other than that, some Loop The Loops will be on my blog, https://prasannaseshadri.wordpress.com/ and some Gapped Kakuros should be on GM Puzzles and Serkan's blog, https://yureklis.wordpress.com/ . Statue Park will be on GM Puzzles too. Full Tapa will be found in a past Tapa Variations Contest, and Fillomino [Stars] in Fillomino Fillia and on Palmer's blog, https://mellowmelon.wordpress.com/ .



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Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-27 10:24 PM (#18852 - in reply to #18540) (#18852) Top


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Oh and for three point snake -
https://solvetheunsolvable.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/puzzle-26-snake/
http://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/?s=three+point+Snake
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Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-27 10:31 PM (#18853 - in reply to #18540) (#18853) Top


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Continuing with practice links, for Statue Park with unconventional banks, see the PDF in this post - https://mellowmelon.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/puzzle-pack-2/
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Subject: RE: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-27 10:31 PM (#18854 - in reply to #18850) (#18854) Top


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chaotic_iak - 2015-07-27 10:11 PM

In Statue Park it says:

Answer key: Enter the first three pentominos seen along the marked rows & columns. (– if not enough pentominos).

Since the bank is not necessarily the set of pentominoes, I suppose it should read "three shapes" (and "not enough shapes") instead?


Yes. Will be changed soon.
devarajand
Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-28 6:39 AM (#18855 - in reply to #18847) (#18855) Top




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Square Count. A&D has 3 squares. B & E 2 each. But IB has AB, DE.
swaroop2011
Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-28 7:51 AM (#18856 - in reply to #18540) (#18856) Top



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Please count properly, it's all possible squares that can contain that alphabet.
A and B has 3 squares
D and E has 6 squares.
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Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-28 9:02 AM (#18857 - in reply to #18855) (#18857) Top


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devarajand - 2015-07-28 6:39 AM

Square Count. A&D has 3 squares. B & E 2 each. But IB has AB, DE.


Include 3x3/4x4/ and so on. With the image shown above for A, 3x3 and above isn't possible but it is for D, B and E (and C has many squares).


Just noting to anyone viewing this point of the forum - Practice links posted on page 1.
devarajand
Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-28 2:45 PM (#18858 - in reply to #18540) (#18858) Top




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Ok. Thanks
mjaipal
Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-29 8:25 AM (#18866 - in reply to #18847) (#18866) Top





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Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-07-29 9:51 AM (#18868 - in reply to #18540) (#18868) Top




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Thanks Prasanna for the links to puzzles. i loved the Not Alone puzzle, took few minutes to find a guaranteed entry point but it was very quick from thereon.
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Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-08-04 8:27 PM (#18920 - in reply to #18540) (#18920) Top




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When I open IPC 2014 for sample it is asking for password. Pls let me know.
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Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-08-04 9:45 PM (#18921 - in reply to #18540) (#18921) Top



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Use this link to download. (You will find the Password too).
http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/downloads.asp
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Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-08-05 1:53 PM (#18923 - in reply to #18540) (#18923) Top


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Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-08-06 12:37 AM (#18926 - in reply to #18540) (#18926) Top





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in B3, As easy as ABC (numbers) judging from the solution after "Letters ’x’ and numbers ’n’ outside the grid indicate that ’x’ is the ’n’th letter in that row or column" you should specify "looking from that point of view" (or similar wording). otherwise it's ambiguous
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Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-08-06 2:43 PM (#18931 - in reply to #18540) (#18931) Top




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Any specific link which has more examples on gapped kakuro puzzles pls
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Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-08-06 6:10 PM (#18932 - in reply to #18931) (#18932) Top


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lrani - 2015-08-06 2:43 PM

Any specific link which has more examples on gapped kakuro puzzles pls


http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/?test=M201303P

https://yureklis.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/puzzle-76-gapped-kakuro/

https://yureklis.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/puzzle-4-gapped-kakuro/

http://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/2015/06/sunday-surprise-13-gapped-kak...

That's 4 huge puzzles :)
chaotic_iak
Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-08-06 8:45 PM (#18933 - in reply to #18540) (#18933) Top



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"Players submitting all 35 puzzles correctly are eligible for bonus points."

How much are the bonus points?

"Answer key: Enter the first three shapes seen along the marked rows & columns. (– if not enough shapes). For the example the answer key is OL-, Z--, OT-, LSI"

Since the tetromino bank doesn't have any S, I suppose the S in the fourth answer should have been Z?
lrani
Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-08-06 11:15 PM (#18934 - in reply to #18540) (#18934) Top




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Can you also share the link for more examples on full tapa pls.
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Subject: Re: Indian Puzzle Championship 2015 - 9th August @ 2015-08-07 7:19 AM (#18935 - in reply to #18540) (#18935) Top




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It is not ambiguous; if the letters and numbers are given on the left of grid, it is implied that it should be looked from left to right, same for numbers given at bottom, top and right of the grid.
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