Unlucky 13 - Logic Masters India (LMI) April 2015 Sudoku Test

It is almost one month now that I have not been very active on this blog. Neither am I very active in solving puzzles. Anyway, slowly I am coming back to both solving puzzles/Sudoku and updating this blog. The next Sudoku Championship is Unlucky 13, which is Logic Masters India (LMI) April 2015 Sudoku Test. This championship will take place from 1st of April to 6th of April. It means that by the time I am posting about this championship, it has already started.

Number 13 is considered unlucky. There are many things which relates to number 13 in this championship. Some of these are as listed below

1. There are 13 Sudoku to be solved in this championship.

2. Time duration of this championship is 65 minutes, which is divisible by 13.

3. Points allocated to each puzzle is multiple of 13.

4. Total points of this championship are 1313, which reads 13 twice and is also a multiple of 13.

Last year there was one Puzzle Championship on the Logic Masters India website to celebrate April Fools' Day. In that championship, there were many mini puzzles which can be solved within a few minutes without taking a printout. Hopefully, this championship will contain a proper 9x9 Sudoku, maybe themed around April Fool's Day. Anyway, one will get to know more about this championship only after participating in this. Rohan Rao is the author of this championship. It is his 13th test, authored by Rohan. This test contains many interesting Sudoku variations as below.

1. Diagonal Sudoku

2. Windoku

3. Irregular Sudoku

4. Killer Sudoku

5. Odd Even Sudoku

6. Anti-Diagonal Sudoku

7. Inequality Sudoku

8. Renban Sudoku

9. Thermo Sudoku

10. Stripes Sudoku

11. Clone Sudoku

12. Arrow Sudoku