{"id":32366,"date":"2025-03-05T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=32366"},"modified":"2025-03-05T17:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T01:35:56","slug":"come-hear-dr-sudoku-at-sudokucon-in-boston-april-3-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/come-hear-dr-sudoku-at-sudokucon-in-boston-april-3-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Come hear Dr. Sudoku at SudokuCon in Boston, April 3-6"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wanted to share a quick note to this community that I am a speaker at the first (to my knowledge) sudoku convention, SudokuCon<\/a>, to be held in the Boston area early in April.<\/p>\n

I will be contributing to two sessions:<\/p>\n

Just One Cell Sudoku<\/b> on Friday the 4th at 2 PM:
\nLike chess puzzles compared to full games of chess, Just One Cell Sudoku are short, bite-sized snacks of Sudoku logic where each grid has just one cell where a logical placement can be made. The “winning move” can be anything from a basic single to a more advanced chain of logical steps that finally unlocks the answer. We’ve created a playful set of these puzzles as a contest for everyone to enjoy.<\/i><\/p>\n

and also
\nHow to Solve Sudoku Like a World Champion<\/b> closing out Saturday the 5th from 5:30-7 PM:
\nThomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku, won three world sudoku championships (’07, ’08, ’11) in the early years of the Sudoku craze. Come hear stories from many years of competing, including what different sudoku championships entail, how to identify your strengths and weaknesses in solving sudoku, and ultimately train to get faster at solving under pressure. From tales of catching a sudoku cheater to the origins of Snyder’s own solving notation, this talk will take you deep inside the world of speed-solving and how top competitors think.<\/i><\/p>\n

See more info including the full schedule at sudokucon.com<\/a>. While I’m not as connected with the sudoku streamer community organizing the convention as you might expect, I look forward to meeting old friends and making some new ones in Boston.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

In terms of other site news, we’re still working hard on some external projects that will launch later this year, and we also hope to get back to releasing a few GMPuzzles collections of unreleased puzzles in ebook form in 2025 too. So keep occasionally checking here for news on what we are doing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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