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Britain, UK news from The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online: "The battle begins to win Britain's first Su Doku title
By Michael Harvey



FANS of the logic puzzle that has captured the nation�s imagination will have the chance to pit themselves against the most fiendish Su Doku yet devised at the first National Su Doku Championships.
The puzzle has won millions of addicts since it was introduced to Britain by The Times last November. For the first time players will be in competition with others against the clock. Wayne Gould, who compiles Su Doku for T2 in which it appears five days a week, will produce his most difficult puzzle for the event at The Times Cheltenham Festival of Literature in October.


The Times National Su Doku Championships will follow in the tradition of the Times Crossword competitions and will involve at least one elimination round eligible for all to enter. There will also be a Su Doku junior competition. Hundreds of schools round the country now use Su Doku in lessons.
Carol Vorderman, the Countdown maths wizard and enthusiastic Su Doku solver, hopes to take part as compere or competitor, or both. �I do about five puzzles a day. It�s like an addiction,� she said. �It takes me about 19 minutes to do a fiendish one. I�ll get it down to ten.�
The Times National Su Doku Championships will follow in the tradition of the Times Crossword competitions and will involve at least one elimination round eligible for all to enter. There will also be a junior competition. Hundreds of schools across the country now use Su Doku in lessons. Full details of the championship have yet to be finalised but will be published in The Times.
Within weeks of Su Doku first appearing in T2, it had become a national phenomenon. Newspapers are taking it up from New York to New Zealand via South Africa."

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