How To Play Sudoku Game & Solve Puzzles Easy/ Hard FASTER - 22 Tips

From the Desk of Richard J. Runion
Chieftain
Sudoku Village
http://www.SudokuVillage.com

Hi,

Solving Sudoku is one thing, but solving them faster is a different ball game. More advanced techniques or more practice won’t help much. But with specific strategies and workouts, it is possible for most of the average Sudoku players to double (or even triple or multiple) their Sudoku solving speed, or even solve most Sudoku in 5 minutes!

There are thousands of Sudoku puzzle books available in the market. There are also quite a few on how to solve Sudoku. But there’s NONE on how to solve Sudoku faster. Solving more and more Sudokus every day may improve your Sudoku solving speed marginally, but it won’t help you improve your speed significantly.

Sudoku Village has done extensive research on this subject and identified 22 Laws that govern speedy solving of Sudoku. These law center around the following concepts:

In simple words, these 22 tips involve learning to:

• change the slow ways we use to solve them now, and start learning new ways of solving faster

• improve reflexes, with specific exercises

• comprehend the basic simplicity of the puzzles

• internalize the patterns that occur and learn how to tackle each through specific techniques

• prioritize the sequence of application of the techniques

• learn the techniques through the right methodologies so that we apply them quickly rather than fumble around

• move our eyeballs through the puzzles quickly, with plenty of exercises to master this skill

• kick the habit of double-checking, and start doing them right the first time

• use the frequency of occurrence of numbers in the puzzle to select the right cells to tackle first

• see the big picture in any given puzzle

• zip through the puzzle like a chain

• snap the chain when faced with diminishing returns

• develop a photographic memory to identify complex patterns, and learn to use previous experience to solve future puzzles

• use a methodical approach when appropriate

• use intuition when appropriate

• use intelligent guesswork when appropriate (note: this is NOT the same as guessing the values)

• use the Possibility Matrix approach when appropriate

• use the tie breaker when appropriate

• avoid interruptions while solving

• customize the laws to suit one’s own style and needs

• practice with plenty of exercises

• apply the ‘Golden Rule’.

Of these, a few are worth elaborating here. We’ll discuss them in my next posting.

Here’s to a happy, & stimulating Sudoku playing experience!

Rich,
Chieftain
Sudoku Village