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747: 32nd World Puzzle Championship 2025

 

 

291 Participants  39 Countries

18 Rounds (14 Individual + 4 Team Rounds)

Approx 230 puzzles

 

1000+ Points at stake for team round

and

7500+ points for individual rounds

 

ALL THE BEST TEAM INDIA

 

IND Swathi Reddy Mogiligundla Q
IND Kartik Reddy B
IND Nityant Agarwal B
IND Tigran Wadia B
IND Tushar Maheshwari B
IND Jaipal Reddy M A
IND Prasanna Seshadri A
IND Swaroop Guggilam A
IND Amit Kiran Sowani A

 

Round Name Type Duration
R01 Welcome to Eger! Individual 40
R02 Evergreens Individual 80
R03 Hitori Variants Individual 50
R04 Quad Puzzles Individual 50
R05 Fish & Ships Individual 45
R06 Tapa Mastermind TEAM 60
R07 Walk 2025 TEAM 45
R08 Across the Stars Individual 60
R09 Assorted Puzzles Individual 90
R10 Nemo Individual 30
R11 Eger Castle Individual 40
R12 Hexa Hungary Individual 35
R13 Pangaea Proxima TEAM 45
R14 Solar System TEAM 75
R15 Singularity Individual 50
R16 Coded Puzzles Individual 60
R17 The Casino Individual 70
R18 Full Loops Individual 50

 

ROUND 01 Welcome to Eger!
Individual round 40 minutes 700 points

Puzzle 01-02 – Shape Battleships [15+15 points]         

Puzzle 03-04 – Hexa Path EGER [15+25 points]                        

Puzzle 05-06 – Connection [25+50 points]                                  

Puzzle 07-08 – The Persistence of Memory [25+60 points]        

Puzzle 09-10 – Doppelblock Figures [30+50 points]

   Puzzle 11-12 – Star Battle Builder [50+90 points]                          

Puzzle 13-14 – Double Choco [40+100 points]                              

Puzzle 15 – Scrabble [110 points]

 

ROUND 02 Evergreens
Individual round 80 minutes 1700 points

Puzzle 01-02 – Triangle Maze [20+30 points]

Puzzle 03-04 – Nurikabe [20+45 points]

Puzzle 05-06 – No Four in a Row [20+75 points]                           

Puzzle 07-08 – Cave [20+60 points]                                               

Puzzle 09-10 – Futoshiki [30+65 points]                                        

Puzzle 11-12 – Heyawake [30+60 points]                                    

Puzzle 13-14 – Slitherlink [30+50 points]

Puzzle 15-16 – Yajilin [25+75 points]                                           

 Puzzle 17-18 – Castle Wall [40+75 points]    

Puzzle 19-20 – Easy as ABC [60+80 points]

Puzzle 21-22 – Domino [60+70 points]

Puzzle 23-24 – Tapa [30+120 points]

Puzzle 25-26 – Masyu [30+120 points]                                       

Puzzle 27-28 – Coral [45+90 points]

Puzzle 29-30 – Clouds [75+50 points]                                         

Puzzle 31 – Jumping Crosswords [150 points]

 

ROUND 03 Hitori Variations
Individual round 50 minutes 900 points

Puzzle 01-05 – Hitori [20+30+50+50+50 points]              

Puzzle 06-07 – Futari [40+60 points]                                           

Puzzle 08-09 – Non-consecutive Hitori [50+100 points]              

Puzzle 10-11 – Skyscrapers + Hitori [30+30 points]                       

Puzzle 12-13 – Domino + Hitori [70+70 points]                            

Puzzle 14-15 – Fillomino + Hitori [130+120 points]

 

ROUND 04 Quad Puzzles
Individual round 50 minutes 900 points

Puzzle 01 – Quad Tapa-like Loop [50 points]                              

Puzzle 02 – Quad Easy as ABC [75 points]                                

Puzzle 03 – Quad Tents [75 points]                                            

Puzzle 04 – Quad Square Jam [100 points]                                  

Puzzle 05 – Quad Pentopia [125 points]

Puzzle 06 – Quad Statue Park (Toroidal) [150 points]

Puzzle 07 – Quad Easy as Battleships [150 points]                    

Puzzle 08 – Quad Skyscrapers [175 points]

 

 

ROUND 05 Fish & Ships
Individual round 45 minutes 500 points

 

ROUND 06 Tapa Mastermind
Team round 60 minutes 2400 points

Puzzle 01 – Tapa [200 points]

Puzzle 02 – Tapa [Line] [200 points]

Puzzle 03 – White Pento Tapa [200 points]

Puzzle 04 – Knapp Daneben Tapa [200 points]

Puzzle 05 – Elimination Tapa [200 points]

 Puzzle 06 – Tapa Chess [200 points]

 Puzzle 07 – Arrows Tapa [200 points]

Puzzle 08 – Tapa Possible [200 points]

Puzzle 09 – Totally False Tapa [200 points]

Puzzle 10 – Tapa Islands [200 points]

Puzzle 11 – No Squares Tapa [200 points]s

Puzzle 12 – Pata [200 points]

ROUND 07 Walk 2025
Team round 45 minutes 2250 points

Puzzle 01 – Adjacent Walk [200 points]

Puzzle 02 – Energy Walk [200 points]

Puzzle 03 – Fire Walk [200 points]

Puzzle 04 – Ice Walk [200 points]

Puzzle 05 – Matrix Walk [200 points]

Puzzle 06 – Miasma Walk [200 points]

Puzzle 07 – Morning Walk [200 points]

Puzzle 08 – Robotic Walk [200 points]

Puzzle 09 – Water Walk [200 points]

ROUND 08 Across the Stars
Individual round 60 minutes 1150 points

 

Puzzle 01-02 – Pentominous + Star Battle [20+50 points]          

Puzzle 03-04 – Yajilin + Star Battle [20+70 points]                      

Puzzle 05-06 – Masyu + Star Battle [25+75 points]                    

Puzzle 07-08 – Four Winds + Star Battle [40+115 points]           

Puzzle 09-10 – Kakuro + Star Battle [35+110 points]                  

Puzzle 11-12 – LITS + Star Battle [60+100 points]                      

Puzzle 13-14 – Easy as ABC(DEF) + Star Battle [80+140 points]

Puzzle 15-16 – Aqre + Star Battle [50+160 points]     

 

ROUND 09 Assorted puzzles
Individual round 90 minutes 1900 points

Puzzle 01-02 – Kissing Polyominoes [15+40 points]

Puzzle 03-04 – Letter Fragment Crosswords [50+70 points]

Puzzle 05-06 – Pointing at the Crowd [20+55 points]

Puzzle 07-08 – Blokus [20+45 points]

Puzzle 09-10 – Crossing Masyu [30+70 points]

Puzzle 11-12 – From 1 to 20 [60+70 points]

Puzzle 13-14 – Orbits [50+110 points]

Puzzle 15-16 – Hungarian Numberlink [30+75 points]

Puzzle 17-18 – Domino Square [50+90 points]

Puzzle 19-20 – Pentonuri Romanis [40+65 points]

Puzzle 21-22 – Pento Paint [35+80 points]

Puzzle 23-24 – Letter Cocktail [65+75 points]

Puzzle 25-26 – Binary Stars [30+115 points]

Puzzle 27-28 – Regional Yajilin [45+130 points]

Puzzle 29-30 – Hexa Islands [40+130 points]

Puzzle 31 – X-Crossword [100 points]

 

ROUND 10 Nemo
Individual round 30 minutes 500 points

 

 

ROUND 11 Eger Castle
Individual round 40 minutes 450 points

The Great Plains – Puzzle rules

Puzzle 01-03 – Yajilin [10+20+40 points]

Puzzle 04-06 – LITS [30+40+50 points]

Puzzle 07-09 – Easy as 123 [10+30+60 points]

The Wall – Puzzle rules

Puzzle 10 – Simple Loop [20 points]

Puzzle 11 – Windows [30 points]

Puzzle 12 – Easy as 123 [40 points]

The Castle – Puzzle rules

Puzzle 13 – Castle Wall [70 points]

  

ROUND 12 Hexa Hungary
Individual round 35 minutes 400 points

 

ROUND 13 Pangaea Proxima
Team round 45 minutes 2000 points

Puzzle 01 – Africa

Scrabble + Nurikabe Snakes [260 points]

Puzzle 02 – Antarctica

Ice Walk + Double Choco [200 points]

Puzzle 03 – Asia

Heyawake + Island Nations + LITS (size) [500 points]

Puzzle 04 – Australia

Shikaku (upside down?) [80 points]

Puzzle 05 – Europe

Ripple Effect + Suguru [280 points]

Puzzle 06 – North America

Double Country Road [240 points]

Puzzle 07 – South America

Double Galaxies [140 points]

Puzzle 08 – Pangaea Proxima

Shape Filler [300 points]

 

 

ROUND 14 Solar System
Team round 60 minutes 1000 points

 

Puzzle 01 – Hidato (Mercury) [400 points]

Puzzle 02 – Pentominous (Venus) [400 points]

Puzzle 03 – Simple Loop (Earth) [300 points]

Puzzle 04 – Fillomino (Mars) [500 points]

Puzzle 05 – Four Winds (Jupiter) [180 points]

Puzzle 06 – Kropki (Saturn) [340 points]

Puzzle 07 – Black Hole Tapa (Uranus) [400 points]

Puzzle 08 – Choco Banana (Neptune) [280 points]

Puzzle 09 – Solar System [200 points]

 

 

ROUND 15 Singularity

Puzzle 01-03 – Singular Cave [30+50+60 points]

Puzzle 04-06 – Singular Akari [60+25+35 points]

Puzzle 07-09 – Singular Skyscrapers [40+60+50 points]

Puzzle 10-12 – Singular Slitherlink [25+35+60 points]

Puzzle 13-15 – Singular Compass [40+70+60 points]

Puzzle 16-18 – Singular Bosnian Road [50+60+90 points]

 

ROUND 16 Coded Puzzles
Individual round 60 minutes 750 points

Puzzle 01 – Arithmetic Square [40 points]

Puzzle 02 – Doppelblock [40 points]

Puzzle 03 – Math Path [50 points]

Puzzle 04 – Products [20 points]

Puzzle 05 – TomTom [40 points]

Puzzle 06 – Nurikabe [30 points]

Puzzle 07 – Tapa [50 points]

Puzzle 08 – Aqre [60 points]

Puzzle 09 – Anglers [60 points]

Puzzle 10 – Meandering Numbers [50 points]

Puzzle 11 – Kakurasu [50 points]

 

ROUND 17 The Casino
Individual round 70 minutes 1050 points

Puzzle 01-02 – Sign of Four [20+80 points]

Puzzle 03-04 – Poker Divider [45+70 points]

Puzzle 05-07 – Domino Construction [20+50+80 points]

Puzzle 08-09 – Darts [20+50 points]

Puzzle 10-11 – Suguru Dice Builder [50+135 points]

Puzzle 12-16 – Dice Poker [40+60+80+100+150 points]

 

ROUND 18 Full Loops
Individual round 50 minutes 600 points

MENTALLY EXHAUSTING SCHEDULE AND LINE UP OF SUDOKUS

 

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746: 18th World Sudoku Championship 2025

 

 

 

270 Participants  35 Countries

14 Rounds (10 Individual + 4 Team Rounds)

140 Grids and 88 variants

 

7200 Points at stake for team round

and

4200 points for individual rounds

 

ALL THE BEST TEAM INDIA

IND Sahith Malepati UN
IND Swathi Reddy Mogiligundla Q
IND Nityant Agarwal B
IND Tigran Wadia B
IND Tushar Maheshwari B
IND Swaroop Guggilam B
IND Kartik Reddy A
IND Jaipal Reddy M A
IND Prasanna Seshadri A
IND Hemant Malani A

 

ROUND 01 Road to Eger!
Individual round 30 minutes 300 points

 

Shifted Sudoku 50 points
Pinocchio Sudoku 30 points
Pyramid Sudoku 30 points
Surplus Sudoku 50 points
Cube Sudoku 35 points
Mirror Sudoku 20 points
Coded Sudoku 40 points
Greater then Sudoku 35 points
0-9 Kropki Sudoku 65 points
Thermo Sudoku 30 points
Killer Sudoku 35 points
Parity Lines Sudoku 45 points
Shape Sudoku 60 points

 

ROUND 02 Classic Sprint
Individual round 20 minutes 200 points

 

Classic Sudoku             10 points 10 points 15 points
  15 points 15 points 15 points
15 points 20 points 20 points
20 points 20 points 25 points

 

ROUND 03 Parity Party
Individual round 40 minutes 400 points

 

1. Even / Odd Sudoku 20 points
2. Even / Odd Sudoku 20 points
3. Different Parity Sudoku 40 points
4. Different Parity Sudoku 65 points
5. Tic-tac-toe Sudoku 25 points
6. Battenburg Sudoku 30 points
7. First Even / Odd Sudoku 40 points
8. First Even / Odd Sudoku 55 points
9. Even Sandwich Sudoku 45 points
10. Odd Labyrinth Sudoku 60 points

 

ROUND 04 Halved Squares
Individual round 50 minutes 500 points
  1. Halved Squares Sudoku 30 points
  2. Halved Squares Sudoku 45 points
  3. HS Outside Sudoku 35 points
  4. HS Outside Sudoku 85 points
  5. HS Thermo Sudoku 20 points
  6. HS Thermo Sudoku 80 points
  7. HS Killer Sudoku 60 points
  8. HS Killer Sudoku 145 points

 

ROUND 05 Small World
Individual round 40 minutes 390 points

Search 6      – Irregular                              25 + 25 points

Thermo – Arrow                                          25 + 25 points

Kropki Pairs       – Clock                             25 + 25 points

Deficit                 – Surplus                          25 + 25 points

Clone   – Same                                              25 + 25 points

Neighbours                                                    25 + 25 points

Diagonally NC – Palindrome                15 + 15 points

Extra  Irregular Sudoku                         15 + 15 points 

 

ROUND 06 Calculated Fun
Individual round 45 minutes 450 points
  1. Killer Sudoku 35 points
  2. Arrow 0-8 Sudoku 70 points
  3. Before Nine Sudoku 45 points
  4. Upper Right Heavy Killer Sudoku 70 points
  5. Same Sum Sudoku 70 points
  6. Same Product Sudoku 35 points
  7. Multiplication Table Sudoku 35 points
  8. Dot Sum Sudoku 90 points

 

ROUND 07 Spot One!
Individual round 50 minutes 400 points
  1. Spot One Sudoku 80 points
  2. Spot One Sudoku 80 points
  3. Spot One Sudoku 80 points
  4. Spot One Sudoku 80 points
  5. Spot One Sudoku 80 points

 

ROUND 08 Circle of Sudoku
Team round 45 minutes 1800 points
  1. Renban Sudoku 180 points
  2. Anti-XV Group Sudoku 180 points
  3. Fortress Sudoku 180 points
  4. All even / all odd Sudoku 180 points
  5. Classic Sudoku 180 points
  6. Classic Sudoku 180 points
  7. All even / all odd Sudoku 180 points
  8. Fortress Sudoku 180 points
  9. Anti-XV Group Sudoku 180 points
  10. Renban Sudoku 180 points

 

ROUND 09 The Patchwork Challenge
 Team round 45 minutes  1800 points

 1-9.      Patchwork Sudoku                  200 points each

 

ROUND 10 Classic Uphill
Individual round 40 minutes 400 points

 

Classic Sudoku             25 points 25 points 25 points
25 points 30 points 30 points
30 points 35 points 35 points
40 points 45 points 55 points

 

ROUND 12 Sudoku Mix
Individual round 80 minutes 800 points
  1. Outside 234 Sudoku 80 points
  2. Classic Sudoku 30 points
  3. Diagonal Sudoku 45 points
  4. Relation Even / Odd Sudoku 15 points
  5. Rossini Sudoku 45 points
  6. Shape Sudoku 30 points
  7. Battenburg Sudoku 30 points
  8. Sequences Sudoku 40 points
  9. Tile Sudoku 30 points
  10. Ten Box Sudoku 45 points
  11. Termination Sudoku 85 points
  12. Sudokuro 55 points
  13. Self-Joint Sudoku 20 points
  14. Pole Position Sudoku 35 points
  15. Fraction Sudoku 65 points
  16. Sequence Top-bottom Sudoku 55 points
  17. Plus-Minus Sudoku 45 points
  18. Coded Pointing Evens Sudoku 50 points

 

ROUND 13 Weakest Link Revised
Team round 45 minutes 1800 points

 

01-04. Irregular Sudoku 4 * 75 points
05-08. Killer Sudoku 4 * 75 points
09-12. Next to Nine Sudoku 4 * 75 points
13-16. Difference Sudoku 4 * 75 points
17-20. Distance Sudoku 4 * 75 points
21-24. Outside Sudoku 4 * 75 points

 

ROUND 14 Utter Chaos
Team round 45 minutes 1800 points

Bottom layer                            4 * 275 points

Middle layer                             4 * 125 points

Top layer                                  4 * 50 points

 

MENTALLY EXHAUSTING SCHEDULE AND LINE UP OF SUDOKUS

 

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745: Podcast with Data Security Council of India on Drone and Info Warfare

 

Had an interesting chat with AVM Devesh Vats VSM of the Data Security Council of India on Drone and Information Warfare.

 

The episode explores how the modern warfare paradigm is evolving in the age of proliferating drones and information warfare. The shift to digital-era warfare is redefining today’s war frontier, where those who lead in shaping narratives gain legitimacy and acceptance from both domestic and global players. The discussion also delves into key strategies to counter the threats of disinformation and misinformation, including credible source-based information sharing, public education, international collaboration, and more. The episode concludes with reflections on the judicious use of technology to combat technological threats as information latency experiences significant reduction today. 

 

Value additions are most welcome.

 

 

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