Daily Dose of Sudoku

There are many websites provide daily Sudoku puzzles but one of my favorite is New Straits Times.
I like the site as it provide many options for users to select. You can also print it together with the answer just in case you can't finish it the same day.

The only short coming is that the webmaster didn't bother to remove a link at the bottom of the screen for something that was year ago.

Sudoku GrandMaster

In the games of Chess, or some other competitive games, title is given to players whose skill has reach a certain level. eg. master or grandmaster.

How about Sudoku? Sudoku Grandmaster!
Sudoku Grandmaster is not a title, it is a magazine for Sudoku lovers. It say "Warning! Contains Serious Sudoku"; Not suitable for Beginners!

The magazine is published in UK by Bromleigh House and price at 2.25 pound. In Malaysia, I have only seen it in Popular Book Store.

Sudoku Solver

One of the resources available from the Net is Sudoku Solver. It is a program that will solve the Sudoku puzzle when the initial setup is entered. It is an interesting programming skill test but personally I think it is quite simple to program even through I had not been doing computer programming for many years!

I think it is not good for the games as it take away a lot of fun and encourage people to take a short-cut rather than trying to learning the necessary skills. It also encourage cheating in competition that is conducted on-line; The organizer will not know if the puzzle was solved using a program. The on-going BRANDS Sudoku Challenge is a failure if the organizer don't take into considerations. Kiasu people might use Sudoku Solver to qualify for the Final/Selection.

Sudoku or Soduku?

If one searches the Net, he will find that there are at least 2 different spelling regarding this game! Some uses Sudoku, some uses Soduku but they are both the same.

There are many on-line information and resources one can use regarding this game, one have to make use of both the words in order not to miss out good resources. For example one of my favorite on-line Sudoku is http://www.soduku.org You will find a lot of sudoku puzzle ranging from easy, medium, hard and insane!