{"id":12407,"date":"2021-02-07T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=12407"},"modified":"2021-02-07T07:58:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T15:58:34","slug":"sunday-update-and-solutions-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/sunday-update-and-solutions-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Update and Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can find all the puzzles from our Kurotto week in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/2021W4-LotOKurotto-Puzzles.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and the solutions are all grouped in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/2021W4-LotOKurotto-Solutions.pdf\">PDF<\/a>. If you enjoyed this style, please check out the book <a href=https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/products\/kurotto>Kurotto by Prasanna Seshadri<\/a> that we published at the end of last year.<\/p>\n<p>We have three solving videos this week using our Penpa-Edit solving interface. This starts with the <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/kurotto-connections-by-prasanna-seshadri\/>Kurotto (Connections)<\/a> by Prasanna Seshadri:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/02\/03 - Kurotto (Connections) by Prasanna Seshadri\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yzuksgATGAA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Next is a video for the <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/kurotto-by-swaroop-guggilam\/>&#8220;Pairs&#8221; Kurotto<\/a> by Swaroop Guggilam:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/02\/05 - Kurotto by Swaroop Guggilam\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pEz-jN4d4tk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Finally, we have a solving video for the Saturday <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/kurotto-by-prasanna-seshadri-2\/>&#8220;Empty Columns&#8221; Kurotto<\/a> by Prasanna Seshadri:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/02\/06 - Kurotto by Prasanna Seshadri\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MGmHnv3X_4M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This coming week is a special one. 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