|
|
|
|
Home /
Projects /
Puzzle
News / |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
World Sudoku Championships are held for two years
already while there wasn't a US Sudoku National Championship before
the end of the last month. The idea to launch a national contest for
the phenomenally popular puzzle came from Brian Tierney, chief
executive officer of Philadelphia Media Holdings. He contacted Will
Shortz, the puzzle editor of the New York Times and the nation's
leading puzzle expert, who manages American teams of competitive
puzzle solvers. The rest is the history.
The 1st Philadelphia Inquirer Sudoku National Championship took place
at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, on October 19-21,
2007.
857 puzzlers had registered for the Championship - 150 in the advanced
category, 442 intermediate solvers, and 265 in the easier beginners'
category. The youngest competitor was just 6, while the oldest - 87.
Thomas Snyder, 27, from Palo Alto, California, became the first US
Sudoku Champion and received the first prize of $10 000. He won in
advanced category finishing the final round in 7 minutes, 7 seconds.
This past March Snyder had won the World Sudoku Championship in
Prague. Now, The Inquirer will send him, as part of the American team,
to defend the title at the 3rd World Sudoku Championship in Goa,
India.
The winners in two other categories are:
Intermediate category ($5 000) - Ron Osher, from Stamford, Connecticut
(7:57 in the final round).
Easier beginners' category ($3 000) - Lori DesRuisseaux, from
Elverson, Chester County (3:49 in the final round).
After a bonus competition for age brackets a dozen more winners took
home $100 each.
Our congratulations to the winners, participants and organizers! As
Will Shortz stated this was the largest live puzzle tournament ever
held in the United States. We hope it will last and evolve from year
to year in years to come!
More detailed story on the event can be read
here. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sources:
Sudoku at philly.com |
WPC Press |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: November 26, 2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
