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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye.

Sudoku magic

Sudoku is a challenging logic-based puzzle that has become a worldwide sensation in only the last few years. Many sudoku players wish to know the history of this addictive puzzle. The history of sudoku begins here...with the magic square. Magic squares are a group of numbers arranged into a square. Within this square each row, column, and often times diagonal will equal the same total number...as if by magic.

Sudoku popularity

The world has certainly jumped on the Sudoku bandwagon, its popularity generating websites (which often feature many free puzzles of varying degrees of difficulty), and regular Sudoku puzzles in many magazines and newspapers, even Sudoku software! With an appearance similar to a crossword puzzle and strategic manoeuvring reminiscent of chess it’s no wonder that Sudoku has sprung forth from Japan and taken on as an international obsession.

The history of Sudoku

You can find predecessors of Sudoku as early as 1895, when an early version or variant of Sudoku appeared in a French newspaper.

The game now known as Sudoku was not invented until 1979, however, and was actually invented in Indianapolis, not Japan. Sudoku became widely popular in 1986, when the Japanese puzzle publisher Nikoli found and published the puzzle.

Sudoku strategy

The first thing to do is recognize that whatever Suduko puzzle you're playing, it will have a solution. Don't get frustrated or angry if you seem to reach a dead-end. By allowing yourself to get irate, you just cloud your judgement and make it more difficult to solve the puzzle. Instead, say to yourself, "Wow, this is a tricky little puzzle. I'm going to get much more satisfaction solving this one than if it had been easy and I solved it in two minutes"!

CONCLUSION

So in April 1984 Sudoku as it is known in Japan and across the world made its debut in the “Monthly Nikolist”, although it was originally known as “Suunji wa dokushin ni kagiru” by Kaji Maki the president of the company at the time. Although the maiden issue of Sudoku enjoyed some modest success, its success is really down to the fact that the Japanese people are puzzle crazy.