Sudoku is the number placing game taking the world by storm. The rules of Sudoku are simple. Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, and so must every 3x3 square. Each Sudoku has a unique solution that can be reached logically without guessing.
Solution to the Problem:
Originally called simply Number Place, the first puzzle was created by Howard Garns, a freelance puzzle constructor, in 1979. The number of valid Sudoku solution grids for the standard 9x9 grid was calculated by Bertram Felgenhauer in 2005 to be 6,670,903,752,021,072,936,960. Listed below are links to SUDOKU sites.
Correctly solved by:
| 1. Anil Nataraj AND Sagar Patel | Columbus, Georgia |
| 2. Clay | ---------- |
| 3. Mike Singer | Winchester, Virginia |
| 4. Jim Arrison | Norristown, Pennsylvania |
| 5. Walt Arrison | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 6. Bill Funk | San Antonio, Texas |
| 7. Magdalena Axelsson | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 8. David & Judy Dixon | Bennettsville, South Carolina |
| 9. Chelsea Cockburn | Harrisonburg Virginia |
| 10. Jeffrey Gaither | University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 11. James P. Hus | Highland, Indiana |
| 12. Mom Mom | ---------- |
| 13. Britney White | Columbus, Georgia |
| 14. Tobi Kuforiji | Columbus, Georgia |
| 15. Wictoria Widén | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 16. Carleton 'Buck' Jones | Midwestern University - Glendale Glendale, Arizona |
| 17. James Alarie | University of Michigan -- Flint Flint, Michigan |
| 18. Tristan Collins | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia |
| 19. Danny Gordon | Columbus, Georgia |
| 20. mistry@optonline.net | ---------- |
| 21. Erin Fennacy | Fresno, California |
| 22. Andrew Barnes | Winchester, Virginia |
| 23. Emily Powell | Winchester, Virginia |
| 24. Alex Ball | Winchester, Virginia |
| 25. Bobby Arthur | Winchester, Virginia |
| 26. Nate Troup | Arlington, Virginia |
| 27. Russell Beaty | Columbus, Georgia |
| 28. Nicholas Caligaris | Columbus, Georgia |
| 29. Mary Bailey Wickham | Columbus, Georgia |
| 30. Stephen O'Hara | Winchester, Virginia |
| 31. Andrew Montoya | Winchester, Virginia |
| 32. Kelley Kolar | Winchester, Virginia |
| 33. Ashley Faucher | Winchester, Virginia |
| 34. Kaetlyn Buono | Chelmsford, Massachusetts |
| 35. Richard Johnson | La Jolla, California |
| 36. Brittaney Jackson | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 37. Malin Fredriksson | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 38. Erika Skoglund | Tullängen, Örebro, Sweden |
| 39. Danielle Mendenhall | ---------- |
| 40. Adam Haglund | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 41. Zaza Carlzon | Tullängen, Örebro, Sweden |
| 42. Carter Galbraith | Columbus, Georgia |
| 43. Rachel Pridgen | Columbus, Georgia |
| 44. Neal Amos | Columbus, Georgia |
| 45. Misty Carlisle | Cornell University Ithaca, New York |
| 46. Maggie Morrison | Winchester, Virginia |
| 47. Lauren Ko | Winchester, Virginia |
| 48. Jessie Biggs | Winchester, Virginia |
| 49. Suzie Chhouk | Long Beach, California |
| 50. Allison Mastran | Washington Township, New Jersey |
| 51. Cameron Burkholder | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia |
| 52. Simone Giovanetti | ---------- |
| 53. Elizabeth Carlson | Winchester, Virginia |
| 54. Charles Washington | Winchester, Virginia |
| 55. Nicole Wells | ---------- |
| 56. Evelyne Stalzer | Montville, New Jersey |
| 57. Praveen Nandamuru | Columbus, Georgia |
| 58. Olivia Quach | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 59. Marcus Russello | Sewell, New Jersey |
| 60. Lane Newton | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 61. Chris Jansson | Tullängsskolan, Sweden |
| 62. Sharon Serano | Sewell, New Jersey |
| 63. Patrick McDuffe | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 64. Javier Johnson | ---------- |
| 65. Ben Bassett | Sewell, New Jersey |
| 66. Cyrus Peterpaul | Winchester, Virginia |