News

3.4.2007

New photos added -- Team photos are now available! [more]

30.3.2007

Photogallery -- New photos from 2nd World Sudoku Championship are now available. [more]

27.3.2007

Sudoku World Championship Live Internet Video Broadcasting -- will be brought to you by www.championchip.cz and www.rajce.net. [Click here]

23.3.2007

Instruction book -- Feel free to ask the questions. [download]

22.3.2007

Schedule and team competition -- Detailed schedule [more] and defined rules of the team competition available now. [more]

14.3.2007

Puzzles to be solved in Prague -- Good practise. [download]

1.3.2007

The First Open Optimizing Puzzle Championship -- Click on the following link to get more information. [more]

25.2.2007

Instructions available -- Instructions for Sudoku puzzles from Czech qualification are now available in English. [more]

25.2.2007

Polish International Sudoku Championship -- We invite puzzelers and sudoku fans from all over the world for The Polish International Sudoku Championship. It will be conducted on its organizers (Polish Society of Games and Puzzle's Fans) website [www.sfinks.org.pl] on Saturday 3rd March 2007. [more]

5.2.2007

Czech qualification 2007 -- The Czech qualification was held in Brno 27th January 2007. More then 3000 competitors have been registered and were solving Sudoku puzzles through different media, as newspaper, internet, magazines etc. [more]

Results

Individual competition

Part 1 [download]
Part 2 [download]
Part 3 [download]
Part 3 - Teams [download]
Part 4 [download]
Part 4 - Teams [download]
Part 5 [download]
Part 5 - Teams [download]
Part 6 [download]
Part 6 - Teams [download]

Results play off

Quarterfinal A
	Country	Points	Time
1. Yuhei Kusui	JPN	162	12:43
2. Thomas Snyder	USA	162	14:14
3. Hideaki Jo	JPN	119	14:41
4. Senem Gülce Özkütük	TUR	98	20:00

Quarterfinal B
	Country	Points	Time
1. David McNeill	GBR	162	14:49
2. Peter Hudák	SVK	162	17:50
3. Nikola Zivanovic	SRB	136	15:08
4. Michael Ley	GER	120	14:44

Semifinal
	Country	Points	Time
1. Thomas Snyder	USA	162	15:11
2. Yuhei Kusui	JPN	156	15:17
3. Peter Hudák	SVK	156	18:37
4. David McNeill	GBR	125	19:44

Final
	Country	Points	Time
1. Thomas Snyder	USA	162	13:52
2. Yuhei Kusui	JPN	135	14:06

Final results individual competition
Country

1. Thomas Snyder USA

2. Yuhei Kusui JPN

3. Peter Hudák SVK

4. David McNeill GBR

5. Nikola Zivanovic SRB

6. Michael Ley GER

7. Hideaki Jo JPN

8. Senem Gülce Özkütük TUR

Team competition

Part 1 - Teams [download]
Part 2 - Teams [download]

Final results team competition:

Team results - [download]

FAQ

How can I register or participate on WSC 2007?

First of all you have to find out whether your country is a member of World Puzzle Federation or not. To check it please visit worldpuzzle.org. If your country is a member of WPF you will find the contact there. If not, please contact us directly for more details.

How many competitors can be sent from each country?

Each country can be represented by maximum of 6 competitors + 1 captain and unlimited number of guests. If less than 4 people will be sent, your country can not participate on the team competition then.

When will the official rule book for 2nd World Sudoku Championship be released?

The rule book will be available, as usually, at the beginning of Championship in Prague.

When is the deadline for the teams (competitors) to sign in?

Deadline is 28th February 2007 (or immediately after national qualification)

When is the deadline for sending the participation fee?

Deadline is 28th February 2007

If we decide to stay in a different hotel in Prague, what would be the participating fee then?

You can stay at any place you like, but of course the fee will remain still the same as it doesn´t include only accommodation, but a lot of other services.