{"id":32642,"date":"2025-05-25T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=32642"},"modified":"2025-05-25T09:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T16:01:37","slug":"how-to-solve-sudoku-like-a-world-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/how-to-solve-sudoku-like-a-world-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Solve Sudoku Like a World Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How To Solve Sudoku Like a World Champion\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ogUrOegOYvs?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>At SudokuCon, I brought together a lot of my stories and talks from 2006-2011 to tell my story of &#8220;How to Solve Sudoku Like a World Champion&#8221;. 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