Even the most fun task can become boring if we do it every day in the same manner and that’s the reason people quit their most favourite activities. We remain in search of something exciting and adventurous. Chess players always look for tough opponents because winning against them is more satisfying. If they can get that happiness then why don’t our sudoku champions. Well! Our mind always loves to be challenged and for that, interesting varieties of sudoku puzzles exist.
Some of the tricky and complex sudoku problems that are loved by malsar community are:-
Jigsaw sudoku
Remaining with the basic rules, this sudoku pattern consists of random cells instead of square grids, making it attractive and fun.
Godoku
If you are bored of solving number puzzles, sudoku’s alphabetical form entertains you correctly. Godoku is a great choice for kids which make them think. They also make and learn new words with this.
Sudoku X (Diagonal sudoku)
A little harder level of sudoku that challenges you to take a step ahead on your sudoku journey.
In this, main diagonals of sudoku box also participate and needs to be arranged with numbers 1 to 9 without repetition.
Greater than sudoku
An interesting kind of sudoku which offers you hints to solve the puzzle by indicating greater than or less than (<,>) signs on the walls of cells. These signs indicates whether the number which is to be come in one cell will be greater or lesser than its adjacent cells. This also works on children to understand and remember these signs of mathematics.
Even-Odd sudoku
Another variation of a basic sudoku where cells contain either a “gray circle” or a “gray square”. Circles will have odd numbers and squares will be consisting of even numbers. Great way to introduce kids with the concept of “even-odd numbers”.
Sandwich sudoku
As the name has “sandwich” the game must be garnished with some tasty ingredients. This is a normal sudoku with the addition of clues outside the edges of each cell. The clues indicates the sum of all the digits between 1 to 9 of its corresponding row or column.
Twodoku
Continuing the basic format of sudoku, twodoku consists of 2 puzzle grids, enhancing the complexity of puzzle.
Tridoku
A beautifully structured sudoku puzzle which higher level of difficultly. A big triangle consists of 9 triangles within it where numbers from 1 to 9 must be placed without repetition in each triangle. The two adjacent cells must not have same digits coinciding.
Samurai sudoku
As the name tells it's nature, the complexity of the game increases here for real. It gets tough to solve. This puzzle consists of total 5 grids, one at the center and rest 4 overlapping each corner grid of the central one. If you practiced enough to take up a hard challenge, you must pick a samurai sudoku puzzle.
Butterfly sudoku
This is a slight variation of basic 9*9 sudoku. It has total 4 grids that demands proper unrepeated placement of numbers.
Conclusion
We find sudoku masters are brilliant in taking up new challenges and thus, we frame problems around different formats of sudoku illustrated above, consisting of large benefits. There are still many other forms of sudoku puzzles apart from these that you may find more interesting and complicated.
Happiness is ahead of victory, and for us whoever completes the challenge - no matter how much time they take, is a champion. Fresh challenges are always available on our upcoming competitions web page. It's your time to go and grab one. Even if you are not ready to compete immediately, you can find sudoku puzzle books to start practicing and master sudoku.
All the best !
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