Sunday Update and Solutions
Our most recent week Loop Variety puzzle week is collected together in this PDF and the solutions are in this PDF. Our new book Loop Variety Collection 2, with more Geradeweg, Mukkonn Enn, Yajilin...
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Our latest book, Loop Variety Collection 2, is now posted in our e-store. We’re also putting the finishing touches on Grandmaster Puzzles Quarterly Volume 6 now, and our most recent week on puzzles...
View ArticleHappy New Year — celebrate with a new e-book
While we are still closing out 2022 here on the west coast of the US, we wanted to wish a Happy New Year to those already in 2023 and those who soon will be. We’re closing out the year on a great note...
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Welcome (Back) to Grandmaster Puzzles: Thoughts on our first ten years
A ten-year update to our first puzzle post ever. Solve our logo puzzle online by clicking here or download this PDF to solve offline (go back to the original post for solution tracking). ————— A few...
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Best of 2022: Sudoku
We’re starting off our six part series of Best of 2022 posts with Sudoku, a puzzle category with 59 entries throughout the year as well as a place in many of our e-book releases including the...
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Best of 2022: Number Placement
Our second site category for the Best of 2022 posts is “Number Placement”, where we had 50 posts during the year. All of the puzzles are gathered together in this PDF file. We kick off the “best of...
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Best of 2022: Object Placement
Today we continue our Best of 2022 posts with the “Object Placement” category. Throughout 2022 we had 44 posts in this area and several outstanding puzzles. The five “best of” puzzles are gathered...
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Best of 2022: Shading
One of our favorite categories, which has a whole host of puzzle styles, is “Shading” puzzles. Today we’re announcing our best of 2022 puzzles in this category, from the 57 posts during the year; all...
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Best of 2022: Region Division
Splitting apart a large grid into subregions or shapes is the unifying element for our “Region Division” category, where we will be announcing the five best of 2022 puzzles today selected from 47...
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Best of 2022: Loop / Path
Our last category for the Best of 2022 posts is “Loop / Path” puzzles, where we had 59 posts during the year. All of the best puzzles are gathered in this PDF file. Our first puzzle to earn best of...
View ArticleMid-week update
After a tough January with assorted things like a power outage impacting our ability to compete on the United States Puzzle Championship, and many more events around my science work leading to a mental...
View ArticleSunday Update
We’ve just published our fourth episode of Smashing the Sudoku as we look back at our first puzzles from ten years ago and try to bring back memories of these constructions from our first 60+1 puzzles:...
View ArticleDonate to help support those affected by Turkey/Syria earthquake
Several members of the GMPuzzles family are from Turkey, and our thoughts go out to them and to others from Turkey and Syria who may have been affected or may know those affected by the recent...
View Article(Late) Sunday Update
I’ve been doing some traveling so am a bit late in announcing the release of our fifth episode of Smashing the Sudoku, as we look back at the good (and evil?) sides of puzzle styles like Consecutive...
View ArticleSunday Update about World Sudoku and Puzzle Championship
We’re excited to announce that Grandmaster Puzzles will be organizing the puzzles for the next World Sudoku and Puzzle Championships. This news is now confirmed yesterday following a successful vote of...
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Our seventh Smashing the Sudoku video (which also announces the prizes for our Ten-Year Anniversary Contest) is now live: This coming week will be “fleet week” of sorts, with Battleships and Battleship...
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Our eighth Smashing the Sudoku video for “Fleet Week” is now live: We have two more weeks in this look back series and then we will be putting our attention to a new subscription model for daily...
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Our ninth Smashing the Sudoku video including Slitherlink and Deficit/Surplus Sudoku walkthroughs and an update on the Ten-Year Anniversary Contest is now posted: This coming week will be the last in...
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Our tenth Smashing the Sudoku video, finishing our original 60+1 puzzle reposting series is now live: We’re still working on setting up an initial version for a GMPuzzles subscription/release model...
View ArticleContest Update
Our Ten-Year Anniversary Contest is now over and we talk through the solution in this “final?” Smashing the Sudoku series video here: Congrats to the four winners: Stephen W., Mindren L., Giovanni P.,...
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