Forsmarts Puzzle Book
July 18,2020
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Looking at how the isolation influenced a lot of my puzzle friends creativity-wise, I've decided to do something for the puzzle community as well. So, I've compiled a
new edition of Forsmarts Puzzle Book. Freely download and challenge yourself! Please let me know if you enjoyed it and would like to see more of that.
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The results of online-contest
March 12,2018
Top 10 competitors of the contest are as follows:
| 1 | Endo Ken (Japan) | 881.5 |
| 2 | Ivan Koswara (Indonesia) | 860 |
| 3 | Kota Morinishi (Japan) | 842 |
| 4 | Hideaki Jo (Japan) | 810 |
| 5 | Takuya Sugimoto (Japan) | 799.5 |
| 6 | Robert Vollmert (Germany) | 794.5 |
| 7 | Tawan Sunathvanichkul (Thailand) | 775 |
| 8 | James McGowan (New Zealand) | 750 |
| 9 | Takuma Kitamura (Japan) | 739 |
| 10 | Tomasz Strózak (Poland) | 730.5 |
Full table of results can be found here.
The results of online-contest
December 8,2015
Top 10 competitors of the contest are as follows:
| 1 | Kota Morinishi (Japan) | 812 |
| 2 | Hideaki Jo (Japan) | 783 |
| 3 | Nikola Zivanovic (Serbia) | 758 |
| 4 | Ulrich Voigt (Germany) | 756 |
| 5 | Endo Ken (Japan) | 614 |
| 6 | William Blatt (USA) | 565 |
| 7 | Martin Merker (Germany) | 564 |
| 8 | Salih Alan (Turkey) | 559 |
| 9 | Tiit Vunk (Estonia) | 534 |
| 10 | Prasanna Seshadri (India) | 527 |
Full table of results can be found here.
Online-contest
December 5,2015
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Traditional online-contest dedicated to the 13th anniversary of the Forsmarts project will be held on December, 5-7. This year's theme - Mixtures. |
The results of online-contest
December 9,2014
Top 10 competitors of the contest are as follows:
| 1 | Endo Ken (Japan) | 839 |
| 2 | Ulrich Voigt (Germany) | 718 |
| 3 | Nikola Zivanovic (Serbia) | 649 |
| 4 | Michael Ley (Germany) | 536 |
| 5 | Matus Demiger (Slovakia) | 532 |
| 6 | Tiit Vunk (Estonia) | 529 |
| 7 | Martin Merker (Germany) | 524 |
| 8 | Hideaki Jo (Japan) | 522 |
| 9 | Shinichi Aoki (Japan) | 522 |
| 10 | Peter Hudak (Slovakia) | 509 |
Full table of results can be found here.
Online-contest
December 3,2014
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Traditional online-contest dedicated to the 12th anniversary of the Forsmarts project will be held on December, 6-8. |
Online-contest
December 2,2013
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Traditional online-contest dedicated to the 11th anniversary of the Forsmarts project will be held on December, 7-9. |
The results of online-contest
December 4,2012
Top 10 competitors of the contest are as follows:
| 1 | Kota Morinishi (Japan) | 935 |
| 2 | Hideaki Jo (Japan) | 840 |
| 3 | Palmer Mebane (USA) | 833 |
| 4 | Salih Alan (Turkey) | 786 |
| 5 | Ulrich Voigt (Germany) | 775 |
| 6 | Michael Ley (Germany) | 730 |
| 7 | Endo Ken (Japan) | 705 |
| 8 | Masahiro Yoshizumi (Japan) | 690 |
| 9 | Taro Arimatsu (Japan) | 680 |
| 10 | Nikola Zivanovic (Serbia) | 675 |
Full table of results can be found here.
Online-contest
November 23,2012
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Online-contest dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Forsmarts project will be held on December, 1-3. |
PDF-Book Isosudoku Mix
May 16,2012
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The first book by Forsmarts in the
Conceptis Puzzles Book Store! 90 Isosudoku puzzles and its variations. Tired of the squares? Fill in the hexagonal cells!
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Forsmarts Puzzle Book
January 2,2012
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Happy New Year, everyone! |
The results of online-contest
December 6,2011
Top 10 competitors of the contest are as follows:
| 1 | Thomas Snyder (USA) | 835 |
| 2 | Ulrich Voigt (Germany) | 740 |
| 3 | Michael Ley (Germany) | 689 |
| 4 | Kota Morinishi (Japan) | 669 |
| 5 | Nikola Zivanovic (Serbia) | 650 |
| 6 | William Blatt (USA) | 640 |
| 7 | Serkan Yurekli (Turkey) | 628 |
| 8 | Przemyslaw Debiak (Poland) | 608 |
| 9 | Matus Demiger (Slovakia) | 603 |
| 10 | Zoltan Horvath (Hungary) | 589 |
Full table of results can be found here.
Online-contest
November 28,2011
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Online-contest dedicated to the 9th anniversary of the Forsmarts project will be held on December, 3-4. |
Online-contest
December 06,2010
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Online-contest dedicated to the 8th anniversary of the Forsmarts project will be held on December, 18.
Participants may register here. |
Forsmarts Puzzle Book
April 18,2010
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7th issue of "Forsmarts Puzzle Book" is out. As it's totally dedicated to Sudoku and its variations it may be a bit of practice for those who's going to participate in upcoming World Sudoku
Championship in Philadelphia. Contains some actual puzzles from the latest national Sudoku Championships of Czech Republic and United Kingdom, and also remakes of the brilliant parts from Russian
Sudoku Championship: Sudoku Matchmaker and Marked Sudoku. There's only eight Classic ones in this issue... And they're all combined into a giant Samurai :) Have fun! |
The results of online-contest
December 7,2009
Top 10 competitors of the contest are as follows:
| 1 | Hideaki Jo (Japan) | 605 |
| 2 | Thomas Snyder (USA) | 500 |
| 3 | Nikola Zivanovic (Serbia) | 465 |
| 4 | Przemyslaw Debiak (Poland) | 453 |
| 5 | Rick Uppelschoten (The Netherlands) | 450 |
| 6 | Jakub Hrazdira (Czech Republic) | 410 |
| 7 | Branko Ceranic (Serbia) | 406 |
| 8 | Vlad Klyachin (Russia) | 355 |
| 9 | Sebastian Matschke (Germany) | 345 |
| 10 | Alexey Kravchenko (Belarus) | 330 |
Full table of results can be found here.
Online-contest
November 30,2009
Online-contest dedicated to the 7th anniversary of the Forsmarts project will be held on December, 5.
Participants may register here.
The Instruction Booklet is available. Questions about the puzzles may be asked here.
The results of online-contest
December 10,2008
Top 10 competitors of this contest are:
| 1 | Thomas Snyder | 916 |
| 2 | Nikola Zivanovic | 722 |
| 3 | Dan Katz | 644 |
| 4 | Yuka Sugimura | 575 |
| 5 | Taro Arimatsu | 546 |
| 6 | Derek Kisman | 496 |
| 7 | Przemyslaw Debiak | 466 |
| 8 | Jason Zuffranieri | 465 |
| 9 | Jonathan Rivet | 429 |
| 10 | Stefano Forcolin | 419 |
Full table of results is here.
SUDOKUCUP
December 1,2008
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The sudoku club Kabrňaci and SČHAK (the Czech Puzzlers and Crossworders Union) presents: SUDOKUCUP - the ultimate sudoku experience. Online. |
- best 30 players will be qualified for Czech sudoku championship 2009;
- top puzzles in competition conditions without leaving home (PDF download, unlock, print and solve);
- practice booklet releases in November 2008;
- competition starts on 17th January 2009 for a period of 24 hours;
- points awarded for solutions sent within the first 2 hours;
- opened to players worldwide, with English, French, German and Czech language interface.
Register now and you will be given a notice the booklet is disposable.
Visit: http://SUDOKUCUP.COM
Online-contest
November 28,2008
The Instruction Booklet is available. You can ask questions about the puzzles here.
Announcement
November 20,2008
Online-contest dedicated to the 6th anniversary of the Forsmarts project will be held on December, 6. Participants may register here.
17th World Puzzle Championship
November 3,2008
17th World Puzzle Championship was held October 27 - November 1 in Minsk, Belarus. Ulrich Voigt has won the title for the sixth time. Team USA won the team competition. Full table of results.
Forsmarts Puzzle Book
September 8,2008
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6th issue of "Forsmarts Puzzle Book" contains all the puzzles of this year Belarusian and Russian Puzzle Championships. Authors of these
championships will create the significant part of the puzzles for the upcoming WPC. |
The results of online-contest
December 4,2007
Top 10 competitors of this contest are:
| 1 | Thomas Snyder | 688 |
| 2 | Rick Uppelschoten | 670 |
| 3 | Andrey Bogdanov | 656 |
| 4 | Vlad Klyachin | 655 |
| 5 | Umit Abacioglu | 636 |
| 6 | Yuhei Kusui | 584 |
| 7 | Yuka Sugimura | 550 |
| 8 | Hideaki Jo | 546 |
| 9 | Alan Fetters | 483 |
| 10 | Taro Arimatsu | 464 |
Full table of results is here.
Online-contest
November 28,2007
Instructions for the puzzles of the contest are posted. You can ask questions here.
Announcement
November 16,2007
December, 1st! Forsmarts 5th anniversary online-contest!
Contestants register here.
Results of Forsmarts Puzzle Book contest
June 10,2007
| 1-2 | Christian Romon | 19 |
| 1-2 | Yevhen Shatsyllo | 19 |
| 3-4 | Yuhei Kusui | 17 |
| 3-4 | Alexander Ershov | 17 |
| 5-6 | Allar Padari | 15 |
| 5-6 | Yuka Sugimura | 15 |
| 7-9 | Hideaki Jo | 13 |
| 7-9 | Urmas Raude | 13 |
| 7-9 | Zafer Huseyin Ergan | 13 |
| 10 | Javier Cucalon | 11 |
The scoring is based on the number of solved puzzles.
Discussion forum is launched!
June 2,2007
Finally I launched the forum where everyone can discuss questions related to puzzles (and not only). One of the aims of this forum is to reborn Puzzle Book in its new format - all puzzlemakers are invited to take part in its creation. Also there are topics about world championships, online contests, solving and creation of puzzles. Join us!
6th Belarussian Puzzle Championship
May 22,2007
Results of online version of this championship are here.
Forsmarts Puzzle Book
March 10,2007
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5th issue of "Forsmarts Puzzle Book" is ready. It includes two new puzzle types: "Driving path" and
"Triple marking". Results of the first season of "FPB-contest" will be counted after the current deadline,
in the middle of April. |
New issue is postponed
February 7,2007
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It's a pity I have no time to make a new issue of "Forsmarts Puzzle Book", so the next issue will be released in March. I'll try to add some extra-pages to this issue. It'll be the last issue of the first season of the "FPB-contest". |
Forsmarts Puzzle Book
January 4,2007
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Now you can download the fourth issue of "Forsmarts Puzzle Book". There are two new types of the puzzles in this
issue: "Magic summer" and "Manifold painting". Also there is special New Year Sudoku! |
Happy New Year!
December 31,2006
I want to thank all visitors of my site and all participants of my contest for loving puzzles and being with my project this year. I want to wish you a happy New Year and best luck and health in it. See you in the next year!
Update
December 8,2006
Results were updated.
Results of online-contest
December 7,2006
Preliminary results are here. After three days of appealing they'll become official. Solutions booket is available for downloading.
Announcement
November 25,2006
The instruction booket for upcoming online-contest is available for downloading. Post your questions on Diogen forum. Note that puzzle booket won't contain any information except actual puzzle grids.
Announcement
November 14,2006
On the 2nd of December I will hold the online-contest dedicated to the 4th anniversary of my project. It will consist mostly of the puzzles that appeared in issues during the last year. Registration is already started.
Forsmarts Puzzle Book
November 4,2006
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The third issue of "Forsmarts Puzzle Book" is ready! Two new puzzles! Three contest puzzles!
The last issue of this year... More information - later. |
Forsmarts Puzzle Book
October 3,2006
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The second issue of "Forsmarts Puzzle Book" is waiting to be downloaded! Including three contest puzzles! |
Update
September 27,2006
Finally, the answers to the last issue of the eighth season are added.
Second issue of "Forsmarts Puzzle Book" will be out on the 3rd of October. By the way, printed version
of both issues will be given to each team on upcoming WPC in Bulgaria.
Forsmarts Puzzle Book
September 6,2006
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The first issue of "Forsmarts Puzzle Book" is available. This compilation contains over 20 puzzles.
I highly recommend this book to all participants of upcoming WPC 2006 in Bulgaria. |
Congratulations!
September 6,2006
The winner of the 8th season is Alan Murray! Viacheslav Kabanovich came second, and Tomoaki Tokunaga is third. My congratulations to all the winners!
Issue 29
August 7,2006
Issue 29 (88).
Download issue 29 (88) in PDF (188 Kb)
Issue 28
July 21,2006
Issue 28 (87).
Download issue 28 (87) in PDF (194 Kb)
Issue 27
July 7,2006
Issue 27 (86).
Download issue 27 (86) in PDF (235 Kb)
New season
April 5,2006
New season is started! It's gonna be a "Sudoku season". 1st World Sudoku Championship inspired me a lot! :) Note that it will be shorten a little: 20 puzzles in the 9 issues. Good luck to everyone!
