The Indian Sudoku Championship (commonly abbreviated as 'ISC') is an annual national contest held in India to crown the Indian Sudoku Champion and to select the national team for the Asian Sudoku Championship and World Sudoku Championship. It usually consists of multiple rounds of solving various classic sudoku and its variants, and the scores of players are aggregated for the final rankings. It is conducted by Logic Masters India[1] (commonly abbreviated as 'LMI'), which is the Indian affiliate of the World Puzzle Federation.[2]

Of the 15 national championships held so far, 9 have been won by Rohan Rao, 3 by Ritesh Gupta, 2 by Rishi Puri and 1 by Prasanna Seshadri. The latest ISC[3] was held on 12 December 2021 and was won by 9-time champion Rohan Rao.[4]

The national teams have been representing India at the World Sudoku Championship since 2007.

The qualifications for ISC 2022 is being held as a series of 4 online rounds in collaboration with Sudoku Mahabharat[5] on LMI, followed by an offline finals.

History

The Indian Sudoku Championship has been held offline and online across the years and attracts the top solvers of India. It is a platform for sudoku authors to create their own sudokus for the event, as well as for sudoku enthusiasts to participate and solve them in a national championship involving various sudoku variants.

Since 2016, several online rounds were held across the year followed by an offline finals (except for 2020 and 2021 which were online due to COVID-19 pandemic).

In 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2009, the championship was held as an online contest.

In 2012, the championship was held in collaboration with Times Sudoku Championship[6] (TSC), sponsored by Times of India.

In 2011, 2007 and 2008, regional rounds were held across the major Indian cities followed by an offline finals.

In 2010, the championship was held as part of Techfest, IIT-Bombay.[7][8]

Results

Year Finals Location Winners Core Organizers
Gold Silver Bronze
2021OnlineRohan RaoPrasanna SeshadriKishore KumarRakesh Rai, Akash Doulani, Priyam Bhushan, R Kumaresan
2020OnlineRohan RaoPrasanna SeshadriRishi PuriRakesh Rai, Akash Doulani, Priyam Bhushan, R Kumaresan
2019KolkataRohan RaoKishore KumarPrasanna SeshadriRakesh Rai, Akash Doulani, Ashish Kumar, Sumit Bothra
2018MumbaiRohan RaoPrasanna SeshadriPranav KameshRamesh Swarnakar, Purvi Shah
2017ChennaiRohan RaoKishore KumarRishi PuriPrasanna Seshadri, Rakesh Rai
2016ChennaiRohan RaoRakesh RaiKishore KumarDeb Mohanty, Prasanna Seshadri
2015OnlineRishi PuriPrasanna SeshadriRohan RaoDeb Mohanty
2014OnlineRishi PuriRohan RaoGaurav KordeDeb Mohanty, Prasanna Seshadri
2013OnlinePrasanna SeshadriRohan RaoRishi PuriDeb Mohanty
2012MumbaiRohan RaoSumit BothraGaurav KordeDeb Mohanty, Amit Sowani
2011BengaluruRohan RaoRitesh GuptaSumit BothraDeb Mohanty, Amit Sowani
2010MumbaiRohan RaoRishi PuriGaurav KordeDeb Mohanty, Amit Sowani
2009OnlineRitesh GuptaGaurav KordeHimanshu MittalDeb Mohanty, Amit Sowani
2008BengaluruRitesh GuptaSumit BothraHimani ShahHendrik Hardeman, Deb Mohanty, Amit Sowani
2007MumbaiRitesh GuptaSumit BothraRajesh KumarHendrik Hardeman

Records

There have been many interesting finals where top players had a close finish to determine the winner, but the best record is that of Rohan Rao, who has finished on the podium 12 times out of the 14 finals he competed in.

Name Gold Silver Bronze Total #Finals
Rohan Rao92112 14
Ritesh Gupta3104 7
Rishi Puri2136 10
Prasanna Seshadri1416 7
Sumit Bothra0314 7
Kishore Kumar0224 9
Gaurav Korde0134 8
Rakesh Rai0101 6
Pranav Kamesh0011 4
Himanshu Mittal0011 4
Himani Shah0011 5
Rajesh Kumar0011 13

See also

References

  1. ↑ Logic Masters India - Home
  2. ↑ "The World Puzzle Federation | WPF". www.worldpuzzle.org. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Thread - Indian Sudoku Championship 2021 - 12th December". logicmastersindia.com. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Thread - Indian Sudoku Championship 2021 - 12th December". logicmastersindia.com. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Sudoku Mahabharat 2022 at Logic Masters India". logicmastersindia.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Su-doku Championship: India's Fantastic 4 now set sights on Croatia - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Indian Sudoku Championship 2010". Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Indian Sudoku Championship 2010 at Logic Masters India". logicmastersindia.com. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
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